Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2008 

State of Mississippi 

 

Amtrak Service & Ridership 

Amtrak serves Mississippi with three long-distance trains: 

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The 

City of New Orleans

 (daily Chicago-New Orleans via Jackson) 

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The 

Crescent 

(daily New Orleans-Atlanta-New York via Meridian) 

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The 

Sunset Limited 

(tri-weekly Orlando-New Orleans-Los Angeles via Biloxi)* 

 

*

 Sunset Limited

 service suspended east of New Orleans.

 

 
During FY08 Amtrak served the following Mississippi locations*: 

 

City 

Boardings + Alightings 

 Brookhaven 

4,591 

 Greenwood 

14,085 

 Hattiesburg 

9,920 

 Hazlehurst 

2,275 

 Jackson 

40,245 

 Laurel 

4,730 

 McComb 

7,892 

 Meridian 

10,747 

 Picayune 

2,392 

 Yazoo 

City 

3,213 

 

Total Mississippi Station Usage: 

100,090 

 

*Service to Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula suspended 8/27/05. 

Procurement/Contracts 

Amtrak expended $90,546 for goods and services in Mississippi in FY08. 

Employment 

At the end of FY08, Amtrak employed 72 Mississippi residents.  Total wages of Amtrak employees living 
in Mississippi were $4,592,096 during FY08. 

 

               Amtrak Government Affairs: November 2008 

 

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Station Improvements 

Hattiesburg:

  The Hattiesburg Intermodal Center was dedicated on April 21, 2007.  The former Southern 

Railway station, restored at a cost of $10 million, features Amtrak service, bus service, taxis, and 
automobile access. While the station is non-staffed, a Quik-Trak ticket machine was installed in 2008. 
 

Picayune:

  The newly constructed station was dedicated on October 16, 2008.  This station completes the 

restoration and/or new construction of all 

Crescent

 route stations in the State of Mississippi.