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Mobile station was a train station in Mobile, Alabama. It was built in 1956 and demolished in 2007.

Mobile, AL
Mobile station in September 1974
General information
Location	11 Government Street Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates	30.690°N 88.038°W / 30.690; -88.038
Line(s)	CSX NO&M Subdivision[1]
Other information
Status	Closed
Station code	MOE
History
Opened	April 29, 1984 (Amtrak) October 29, 1989[2]
Closed	April 30, 1971 (L&N)[2] January 6, 1985 (Amtrak) August 28, 2005[3]
Rebuilt	1956
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Pascagoula toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited (1993–2005) Atmore toward Orlando or Miami Pascagoula toward New Orleans Gulf Coast Limited (1985–1986, 1996–1997) Terminus Terminus Gulf Breeze (1989–1995) Atmore toward Birmingham Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station Choctaw toward New Orleans Main Line Hurricane toward Cincinnati

History

Built in 1956 by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, it replaced an earlier station on the same site.

Former Louisville & Nashville services which utilized the station included the Pan-American (discontinued, 1971) and Humming Bird (discontinued, 1969).[4] Through an agreement between the two rail companies, until 1970, the Southern Railway operated the Crescent through Mobile.[5][6] Until 1971, the L&N operated the New Orleans–Jacksonville, Florida Gulf Wind through the station in cooperation with the Seaboard Coast Line (prior to 1967, Seaboard Air Line). In previous years the company additionally operated the New Orleans-Florida Limited, replete with diner and sleeper service, that made the trip during daylight hours in Florida for most of the route.[7][8][9]

Amtrak service began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985 and called at the station.[10][11] Mobile then served as the southern terminus of the Gulf Breeze train starting in 1989. The Sunset Limited began stopping here in 1993, and the Gulf Breeze was discontinued in 1995.[12][13] In 2005, Hurricane Katrina flooded the station and Amtrak discontinued the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans.

In 2006, CSX sold the property to a developer, who razed the station in 2007. The site plan provides for a future station nearby. Amtrak announced in 2016 that plans for a return of the Sunset Limited were under consideration. In 2021, Amtrak announced the possibility of restoring service as early as 2022.

See also

• Mobile station (Gulf, Mobile and Ohio)

References

External links

• Mobile, AL – Amtrak
• Mobile, AL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Mobile Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

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