Charlotte (Amtrak station)

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Charlotte
Station statistics
Address 1914 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC
Lines
Crescent
Carolinian and Piedmont
Parking Yes; free
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Opened 1961
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code CLT
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 109,347 5%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Crescent
toward New York
Terminus Carolinian
toward New York
Piedmont
toward Raleigh

The Charlotte Amtrak Station in Charlotte, North Carolina is served by three passenger trains. The street address is 1914 North Tryon Street, about 1.5 miles to the northeast of downtown Charlotte.

The current station was built in 1961 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad as a replacement for the former Seaboard Air Line depot. Like other SAL stations, it was acquired under the merger with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1967, becoming a Seaboard Coast Line Railroad station, and then consolidated under Amtrak in 1971. The old SAL station is currently being used as a homeless shelter.

Coordinates: 35°14′28.4″N 80°49′21.5″W / 35.241222, -80.822639

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Amtrak Carolinian route
Distance Station
tINTa
0 New York City (subway)
eGRENZE
New York/New Jersey border
TUNNELe
North River Tunnels
INT
10 mi (16 km) Newark (PATH)
INT
58 mi (93 km) Trenton (River Line)
eGRENZE
New Jersey/Pennsylvania border
INT
91 mi (146 km) Philadelphia (SEPTA)
eGRENZE
Pennsylvania/Delaware border
HST
116 mi (187 km) Wilmington
eGRENZE
Delaware/Maryland border
INT
185 mi (298 km) Baltimore (Light Rail)
eGRENZE
Maryland/District of Columbia border
INT
225 mi (362 km) Washington, DC (METRO)
eGRENZE
District of Columbia/Virginia border
HST
234 mi (377 km) Alexandria
BHF
334 mi (538 km) Richmond
HST
362 mi (583 km) Petersburg
eGRENZE
Virginia/North Carolina border
HST
460 mi (740 km) Rocky Mount
HST
502 mi (808 km) Selma-Smithfield
BHF
530 mi (853 km) Raleigh
HST
538 mi (866 km) Cary
HST
556 mi (895 km) Durham
HST
589 mi (948 km) Burlington
HST
610 mi (982 km) Greensboro
HST
625 mi (1,006 km) High Point
HST
659 mi (1,061 km) Salisbury
HST
675 mi (1,086 km) Kannapolis
KBFe
712 mi (1,146 km) Charlotte

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Amtrak Crescent route
Distance Station
tINTa
0 New York City (subway)
teGRENZE
New York/New Jersey border
TUNNELe
North River Tunnels
INT
10 mi (16 km) Newark (PATH)
INT
58 mi (93 km) Trenton (River Line)
eGRENZE
New Jersey/Pennsylvania border
INT
91 mi (146 km) Philadelphia (SEPTA)
eGRENZE
Pennsylvania/Delaware border
HST
116 mi (187 km) Wilmington
eGRENZE
Delaware/Maryland border
INT
185 mi (298 km) Baltimore (Light Rail)
eGRENZE
Maryland/District of Columbia border
INT
225 mi (362 km) Washington, DC (METRO)
eGRENZE
District of Columbia/Virginia border
HST
233 mi (375 km) Alexandria
HST
258 mi (415 km) Manassas
HST
293 mi (472 km) Culpeper
HST
337 mi (542 km) Charlottesville
HST
398 mi (641 km) Lynchburg
HST
461 mi (742 km) Danville
eGRENZE
Virginia/North Carolina border
HST
509 mi (819 km) Greensboro
HST
524 mi (843 km) High Point
HST
559 mi (900 km) Salisbury
HST
601 mi (967 km) Charlotte
HST
623 mi (1,003 km) Gastonia
eGRENZE
North Carolina/South Carolina border
HST
678 mi (1,091 km) Spartanburg
HST
709 mi (1,141 km) Greenville
HST
739 mi (1,189 km) Clemson
eGRENZE
South Carolina/Georgia border
HST
773 mi (1,244 km) Toccoa
HST
810 mi (1,304 km) Gainesville
HST
859 mi (1,382 km) Atlanta
eGRENZE
Georgia/Alabama border
HST
959 mi (1,543 km) Anniston
HST
1,023 mi (1,646 km) Birmingham
HST
1,078 mi (1,735 km) Tuscaloosa
eGRENZE
Alabama/Mississippi border
HST
1,175 mi (1,891 km) Meridian
HST
1,231 mi (1,981 km) Laurel
HST
1,260 mi (2,028 km) Hattiesburg
HST
1,324 mi (2,131 km) Picayune
eGRENZE
Mississippi/Louisiana border
HST
1,342 mi (2,160 km) Slidell
INTe
1,377 mi (2,216 km) New Orleans

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