Bay St. Louis station

Bay St. Louis, MS
The former L&N depot, photographed in 2001.
General information
Location303 South Railroad Avenue
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Coordinates30°18′24″N 89°20′14″W / 30.30667°N 89.33722°W / 30.30667; -89.33722
Line(s)CSX NO&M Subdivision
Other information
StatusClosed
Station codeBAS
History
Opened1929 (L&N)
April 29, 1984 (Amtrak)
March 31, 1993
Closed1971 (L&N)
January 6, 1985 (Amtrak)
August 28, 2005[1]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
New Orleans
toward Los Angeles
 Sunset Limited
(1993–2005)
 Gulfport
toward Orlando or Miami
East New Orleans
(1984–1985)
toward New Orleans
 Gulf Coast Limited Gulfport
toward Mobile
New Orleans
(1996–1997)
Terminus
Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station
Claiborne
toward New Orleans
 Main Line Pass Christian
toward Cincinnati
Future services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
New Orleans
Terminus
 Gulf Coast Gulfport
toward Mobile
Location
Map

Bay St. Louis station is a closed Amtrak intercity train station in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, which served the Sunset Limited. The Bay St. Louis station consists of two small platforms with indoor/outdoor shelters near the former Louisville & Nashville Railroad Depot, which was built in 1929, but is closed to the public.

Former Louisville & Nashville services which utilized their station included the Pan-American, Gulf Wind, and Humming Bird. Into the latter 1960s the Southern Railway's Crescent and Piedmont Limited also used this station.

Amtrak service began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985 and called at the station.[2][3] The stop was reactivated on March 31, 1993, in service on the Sunset Limited.[4] Damage to the rail line resulting from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 caused Amtrak to suspend service east of New Orleans,[1] including at Bay St. Louis. In anticipation of restored service, Amtrak began construction of a new Americans With Disabilities Act-compliant platform in 2022.[5]

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ^ a b "Trains". The Tallahassee Democrat. August 29, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Stennis, Todd. "History". Southern High-Speed Rail Commission. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "'Gulf Coast Limited' operation extended". Hattiesburg American. September 16, 1984. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Wagster, Emily (April 1, 1993). "All Aboard! Sunset Limited on a Roll". The Clarion-Ledger. pp. A1, A11. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ DiNatale, Sara (August 1, 2022). "Amtrak breaks ground for new Gulf Coast platform, though route still uncertain". Mississippi Today. Retrieved 9 November 2022.


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