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Gastonia, NC
Gastonia, NC
	Gastonia station in October 2021, post-renovation.
General information
Location	350 Hancock Street; Gastonia, North Carolina; United States
Coordinates	35°16′09″N 81°09′45″W / 35.2692°N 81.1624°W
Owned by	Norfolk Southern Railway
Line(s)	Charlotte District
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	10 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Flag stop; unstaffed
Station code	Amtrak: GAS
History
Opened	1966
Rebuilt	2020
Original company	Southern Railway
Passengers
FY 2023	1,818 (Amtrak)
Services
Former services
Location
Location

Gastonia station is an Amtrak train station in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. Located at 350 Hancock Street, it is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of downtown Gastonia.

History

The station was originally built in 1966 by Southern Railway, before being acquired by Norfolk Southern Railway. Previously, Amtrak's Gastonia stop was located on Air Line Avenue; however, it was moved in 1987 due to an effort to relocate the city's railroads.^[2]

In January 2020, Amtrak began an eight-month project to improve the historically "bare-bones," in terms of amenities, facility. The project includes a new 360-foot (110 m) concrete platform that is accessible compliant, railings, lighting and signage, along with accessible ramps and parking stalls; the station will have a new accessible entrance with a power-operable door, and renovate the waiting room and restroom.^[3] In April 2023, Amtrak completed the $3.2 million project, with upgrades that makes the station fully compliant to the Americans with Disabilities Act.^[4]

Services

The station, operated by Amtrak as a flag stop (customers must have booked a reservation for the train to stop), provides inter-city rail service via the Crescent. The station opens one hour before train arrival time and closes one half hour after train departure.^[5]^[6] The station facility has a heated waiting room with restroom.