Rocky Mount station
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Rocky Mount station, officially the Helen P. Gay Rocky Mount Historic Train Station, is an intermodal transit station in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. It is served by four daily Amtrak round trips –the Template:Lnl, Template:Lnl, Template:Lnl, and Template:Lnl – and is a bus station for Tar River Transit and Greyhound. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Rocky Mount Central City Historic District.
History
Rocky Mount station was originally built in 1893 by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, in dark red brick Romanesque Revival style. After the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bought the W&WR, they rebuilt the station between 1911 and 1912, and again in 1916. During the 1960s ACL built a modern structure within the station to store switches and signal equipment before the railroad was merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.
In 1995, the Script error: No such module "convert". property, which included the station and a former REA Express freight house (c. 1930), was sold to the City of Rocky Mount. Between 1997 and 2000, the station was restored to its early 20th century design features, with additional accessible-compliant platforms and other amenities.[1] The freight house was converted into a bus terminal for the Tar River Transit and Greyhound stop. In 2010, the station was named after Helen Parker Gay (1920-2016), a former member of the Rocky Mount City Council who was instrumental in the station's restoration project.[2]
Former ACL office car #303 is on display next to the station.[3] Former ACL "Whopper Hopper" 500000 that had been on display at the station was donated to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in 2018.[4]
References
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External links
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- Amtrak stations in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- Transportation in Nash County, North Carolina
- Bus stations in North Carolina
- Former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1893
- Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Nash County, North Carolina
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina