Southern Pines station

Southern Pines is a train station located in Southern Pines, North Carolina, served by Amtrak's Silver Star train. The street address is 235 Northwest Broad Street, and is located in the heart of historic downtown Southern Pines. The station was originally built by a predecessor of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1898, renovated in 1948, and restored to its 1948 design in 2004.[1]

Southern Pines, NC
Amtrak inter-city rail station
The Southern Pines Amtrak station, originally built in 1898 by a predecessor of the Seaboard Air Line Railway
Location	235 Northwest Broad Street Southern Pines, NC 28387
Coordinates	35.175527°N 79.390383°W / 35.175527; -79.390383
Owned by	Town of Southern Pines
Line(s)	Aberdeen Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes; free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	SOP (Amtrak)
History
Opened	1898
Rebuilt	1948, 2004
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	6,925[1][2]  2.02%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Hamlet toward Miami Silver Star Cary toward New York
Former services Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station Aberdeen toward Tampa or Miami Main Line Sanford toward Richmond

There is no Amtrak ticket office at this station, but there is "Quik-Trak" machine for automated ticketing.

References

1. "Southern Pines, NC (SOP) - 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.

External links

• Media related to Southern Pines (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Southern Pines, NC – Amtrak
• Southern Pines Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Southern Pines, NC (SOP) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)

Amtrak Silver Star at the Southern Pines station.