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Amtrak - Charleston, SC (CHS)



CHARLESTON
SOUTH CAROLINA
(CHS)

 

Station Data:

Address

4565 Gaynor Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405

Map

Location

32.88 N, 80.00 W

Elevation

9 m / 30 ft

Population

120,083 (Charleston)
97,471 (North Charleston)

Staff

Staffed

Open Hours

4:15am - 10:15pm   Daily

Building

Built in 2018

Ridership

81,180 (FY2011)

 

Amtrak Trains:

Train Name Route

PALMETTO

[ New York, NY - Washington, DC - Florence, SC - Savannah, GA ]

SILVER METEOR

[ New York, NY - Florence, SC - Orlando, FL - Miami, FL ]


Station Improvement:
North Charleston Transit Center opened in late 2018 is served by Amtrak and local and intercity buses and features a spacious waiting area, community room and a history display focused on the surrounding Liberty Hill neighborhood. Amtrak relocated to the intermodal center from the 1956 Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) depot, which stood directly to the south.
(Source - "Great American Stations" Charleston, SC (CHS))



Visited January 16, 2008

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Station Entrance Gate

Station is located in North Charleston

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Built by Atlantic Coast Line in 1956

Main Entrance

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Platform

Ticket Counter

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Station is enclosed with fences

0.3 miles North of Station (Montague Ave.)

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Looking South (Miami)

Looking North (New York)

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NS Office (0.5 miles west of Amtrak sta.)

Located in Norfolk Southern Yard

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Charleston Downtown

Charleston Downtown

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Charleston Downtown

Charleston Downtown

Visited June 23, 2003

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Station Building

Main Entrance

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Platform

Station Entrance Gate

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Ticket Counter

Waiting Area

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Looking North (New York)

Looking South (Miami, Savannah)

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Freight Train

Located north side of the station



SCL GP40 passing Charleston Station (September 1981)




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