Union Station (Meridian, Mississippi)

Meridian, MS
General information
Other namesMeridian Multi-Modal Transportation Center
Union Station
Location1901 Front Street
Meridian, Mississippi
United States
Coordinates32°21′50″N 88°41′47″W / 32.3639°N 88.6964°W / 32.3639; -88.6964
Owned byCity of Meridian
Line(s)Alabama Great Southern Railway
Meridian Speedway
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks3 (2 in use)
Connections
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeAmtrak: MEI
History
RebuiltDecember 1997
Passengers
FY 20236,667[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Laurel Crescent Tuscaloosa
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Following station
Lauderdale
toward Dyersburg
Dyersburg - Mobile Quitman
toward Mobile
Duffee New Orleans - Meridian Terminus
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Lost Gap
toward Shreveport
Vicksburg Route Division Terminus
Preceding station Southern Railway Following station
Shops New OrleansCincinnati Arklet
toward Cincinnati
Proposed services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Jackson
toward Fort Worth
Crescent
Proposed Texas Section
Tuscaloosa
toward New York
Location
Map

Union Station, also called the Meridian Multi-Modal Transportation Center, is an intermodal transportation center in Meridian, Mississippi. The station is located at 1901 Front Street in the Union Station Historic District within the larger Meridian Downtown Historic District, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Consisting of a new addition and renovated surviving wing of the 1906 building, Union Station was officially dedicated on December 11, 1997. It is a center of several modes of passenger transportation, including Amtrak train service on the Norfolk Southern rail corridor, Greyhound, and other providers of bus services.

Meeting rooms on the mezzanine level are designed for community activities, the existing east wing houses Meridian's economic development agency. Located beside the station, a former Railway Express Agency building has been renovated and adapted as the Meridian Railroad Museum, inviting patrons to learn more about Meridian's railroading history.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Meridian Railroad Museum". Visit Meridian. Meridian/Lauderdale County Tourism Bureau. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Railroad Museum | Meridian Rails Historical Society". Meridian Rails Historical Society. Retrieved April 28, 2023.