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service, Amtrak passenger rail and the city's Zyp bike program. The $ 32 million facility also includes a Birmingham Police substation, a food service area, a retail space and the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority's corporate offices.
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The L&N built the new station for $ 500,000, replacing Union Station which it had used since 1887. Union Station was also served by the
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The Birmingham Intermodal Facility, which opened in 2017, combines several modes of ground transportation in one central location: the
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Through the 1960s, these long distance Louisville & Nashville trains served the Birmingham station:
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in 1960, although Amtrak did not use the building itself, which was torn down in the 2000s.
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When Amtrak assumed control of most inter-city passenger service on May 1, 1971, its
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until the 1930s. One writer described this new station as "modern in every respect."
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has operated uninterrupted ever since. Between 1989 and 1995 Alabama funded a
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Rails Across Dixie: A History of Passenger Trains in the American South
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Transportation buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Alabama
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Birmingham, AL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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Birmingham Amtrak/L&N Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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Birmingham, Alabama
33°30′44″N 86°48′26″W / 33.51222°N 86.80722°W / 33.51222; -86.80722
CSX Transportation
CSX
Boyles Terminal Subdivision
island platforms
Amtrak
BHM
Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Amtrak
Tuscaloosa
New Orleans
Crescent
Anniston
New York

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Montgomery
St. Petersburg
Miami
Floridian
Decatur
Chicago
Montgomery
Mobile
Gulf Breeze
Birmingham
Alabama

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