page_title: Memphis Central Station
section_title: Role during Hurricane Gustav (2008) evacuations
hierarchical_section_title: Memphis Central Station / History / Role during Hurricane Gustav (2008) evacuations
caption_attribution_description: The single platform at Memphis Central Station
context_page_description: Memphis Central Station, referred to as Grand Central Station prior to 1944, is a passenger terminal in Memphis, Tennessee. Located along Main Street and G.E. Patterson Boulevard in Downtown Memphis, it currently a service stop for Amtrak's City of New Orleans route, arriving in late evening northbound and in the morning southbound. It is also served by the MATA Trolley system. The building was opened in 1914.
context_section_description: In anticipation of the landfall of Hurricane Gustav, the city of New Orleans began evacuating residents without the means to leave the city, starting on August 30, 2008.  One thousand twenty-four evacuees arrived in Memphis via Amtrak.
caption: Today the station has just a single platform
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