Dillon (Amtrak station)

Dillon
Dillon Amtrak station from the intersection of West Main Street and North Railroad Avenue.
Station statistics
Address	100 North Railroad Avenue Dillon, SC 29536
Coordinates	34°25′03″N 79°22′20″W / 34.4176°N 79.3722°W / 34.4176; -79.3722Coordinates: 34°25′03″N 79°22′20″W / 34.4176°N 79.3722°W / 34.4176; -79.3722
Lines	Palmetto
Other information
Opened	1893 (Freight) 1904 (Passenger)
Code	DIL
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	8,463[1]  19%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Florence toward Savannah Palmetto Fayetteville toward New York City     Former services     Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Latta toward Tampa Union Station Main Line Rowland toward Richmond Broad Street Station

The Dillon Amtrak station is a train station in Dillon, South Carolina, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was originally built by the Florence Railroad in 1893, but only as a freight station. Once the railroad was consolidated into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1898, the passenger station was opened in 1904. 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.^[2] Amtrak service to Dillon began on June 15, 1976, with the introduction of the Palmetto.^[3] The four-faced station clock also contains two fahrenheit thermometers.

Of the 11 South Carolina stations served by Amtrak, Dillon was the seventh-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 23 passengers daily.^[4]

Gallery

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  The clock doubles as a thermometer

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  Historic plaque

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  Monument to the Mayors of Dillon

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  Railroad crossing and CSX Railroad trucks

References

1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/SOUTHCAROLINA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-1-6. 
2. ^ Dillon ACL Depot, including 1971 SCL Depot photograph (South Carolina Railroad Structures)
3. ^ "Southern Amtrak passenger train scheduled". News-Tribune. April 11, 1976. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cTExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1220,3119296. Retrieved 2011-07-04. 
4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/SOUTHCAROLINA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-1-6. 

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Dillon, SC
• Dillon Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

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