Hamlet station

Hamlet 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
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Hamlet Depot after complete restoration and renovation in 2004
Location	2 West Main Street, Hamlet NC 28345
Coordinates	34°53′01.7″N 79°41′56.6″W
Owned by	City of Hamlet
Line(s)	Hamlet Terminal Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes; free
Disabled access	Yes
Architectural style	Victorian Queen Anne
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	HAM (Amtrak)
Website	www.hamlethistoricdepot.org
History
Opened	1900
Rebuilt	2002–2004
Original company	Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	4,005[1][2]  9.26%
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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Official name: Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot
Designated	November 19, 1971
Reference no.	71000617[3]

History

Hamlet Station was originally built in 1900 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad as both a passenger station and a division headquarters.[4] It was originally called the Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1971.[3] 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.[5]

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.[6]

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. "Hamlet, NC (HAM) - Great American Stations". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of North Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
3. "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.
4. Linwood King III and Sherry Joines Wyatt (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.
5. Hamlet Station Improvements (NCDOT)Broken reference link, May 2017.
6. "Hamlet, North Carolina Train Station (HAM) - Amtrak". Retrieved February 3, 2019.

External links

Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot, c. 1915

• Media related to Hamlet (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Hamlet, NC – Amtrak
• Hamlet Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Hamlet, NC (HAM) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)