Kingstree station

Passenger train station in Kingstree, South Carolina

33°39′49″N 79°49′45″W / 33.6637°N 79.8291°W / 33.6637; -79.8291Owned byCity of KingstreeLine(s)Charleston SubdivisionPlatforms1 side platformTracks2ConstructionParkingYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: KTRHistoryOpened1909PassengersFY 20225,310^[1] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station		Following station
Charleston toward Savannah	Palmetto	Florence toward New York
Charleston toward Miami	Silver Meteor	Florence toward New York
Auto Train does not stop here

Former services

Preceding station	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad			Following station
Salters toward Tampa		Main Line		Lake City toward Richmond

Kingstree Amtrak Station

U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

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Part ofKingstree Historic District (ID82003906^[2])MPSKingstree MRAAdded to NRHPJune 28, 1982

Kingstree station is a train station in Kingstree, South Carolina, operated by Amtrak, the United States' railroad passenger system. It was originally built by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1909. The station survived the merger of the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967, only to terminate passenger service in 1971. Amtrak service to Kingstree began on June 15, 1976, with the introduction of the Palmetto.^[3] The station is currently part of the Kingstree Historic District.

The two tracks at Kingstree station cross the intersection of East Main Street (SC 261) and Hampton Avenue. Four streets named "Railroad Avenue" run along the tracks near the station. South Railroad Avenue on the west side of the tracks is on the corner of the station house itself, while South Railroad Avenue on the east side of the tracks is a dead end street running south of Ashton Avenue. On the north side of East Main Street, North Railroad Avenue on the west side of the tracks begins at Hampton Avenue just north of its southern terminus with East Main Street, while North Railroad Avenue on the east side begins at East Main Street itself.

References

^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Southern Amtrak passenger train scheduled". Rome News-Tribune. April 11, 1976. Retrieved July 4, 2011.