Hamlet station

Hamlet station is an Amtrak train station in Hamlet, North Carolina, United States. The station is located within the Main Street Commercial Historic District and is in walking distance to the National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame.

Hamlet, NC
General information
Location2 West Main Street
Hamlet, North Carolina
United States
Coordinates34°53′01.7″N 79°41′56.6″W
Owned byCity of Hamlet
Line(s)Hamlet Terminal Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Architectural styleVictorian Queen Anne
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeAmtrak: HAM
Websitehamlethistoricdepot.org
History
Opened1900
Rebuilt2002–2004
Original companySeaboard Air Line Railroad
Passengers
FY 20223,798[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Camden
toward Miami
 Silver Star Southern Pines
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station
Kollocks
toward Tampa or Miami
 Main Line Marston
toward Richmond
Gibson
toward Savannah
 East Carolina Line Terminus
Rockingham
toward Rutherfordton
 Carolina Central Railway Laurinburg
toward Wilmington
Official nameSeaboard Air Line Passenger Depot
DesignatedNovember 19, 1971
Reference no.71000617[2]
Location

History
Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot, 1912

Hamlet Station was originally built in 1900 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad as both a passenger station and a division headquarters.[3] It was originally called the Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot. In addition to serving the Seaboard's mainline trains between Richmond and Jacksonville, Florida (including the trains Silver Meteor and Silver Star), the station served until 1969 the Silver Comet bound southwest to Athens, Atlanta and Birmingham. Until 1958 the SAL operated a daily passenger train from Wilmington to the SAL's Charlotte station via Hamlet and Monroe.[4][5]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1971.[2] Between 2001 and 2004 the entire Queen Anne-style station house was moved across a set of tracks for safety, and converted into a museum by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.[6]

Services

The station, operated by Amtrak, provides inter-city rail service via the Silver Star. The facility is open daily at 5:30am-7:00am and at 10:30pm-12:30am; it includes a Quik-Trak kiosk, waiting area and restrooms. No baggage service is available at this station.[7]

Hamlet Depot & Museums

Located inside the depot building, the museum showcases the history of both the Seaboard Railroad and the City of Hamlet, which includes hands-on exhibits, visual displays and interactive consoles. It also features a scaled model railroad display depicting Hamlet in the early 1950s.

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of North Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. "National Register Information System – Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot (#71000617)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  3. King, Linwood, III; Wyatt, Sherry Joines (2005). "Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot (Additional Documentation)" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Seaboard Air Line, Table 38". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 91 (3). August 1958.
  5. Gubbins, Pat Borden (August 7, 1988). "ALL ABOARD! TENANT SOUGHT TO RENOVATE SEABOARD DEPOT". Charlotte Observer.
  6. "Hamlet Station". NCDOT. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
  7. "Hamlet, North Carolina Train Station (HAM)". Amtrak. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
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