Birmingham station (Alabama)
Birmingham station is a train station in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a service stop for Amtrak's "Crescent", which provides daily service between New York City, Atlanta, and New Orleans. The current station is located on the site of another station originally built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1960, although Amtrak did not use the building itself, which was torn down in the 2000s. History. The L&N built the new station for $500,000, replacing Union Station which it had used since 1887. One writer described this new station as "modern in every respect." Passenger  services in L&N years. Through the 1960s, these long distance Louisville & Nashville trains served the Birmingham station: Since 1971. When Amtrak assumed control of most inter-city passenger service on May 1, 1971, its "Floridian" continued to use the L&N station. The Southern Railway, which had declined to join Amtrak, continued to use its own station several blocks to the northeast. On February 1, 1979, the Southern Railway conveyed its passenger service to Amtrak and the "Southern Crescent" (shortened to Crescent) began serving the ex-L&N station as well. Amtrak discontinued the "Floridian" in October, 1979 but the "Crescent" has  operated uninterrupted ever since. Between 1989 and 1995 Alabama funded a Mobile, Alabama section of the "Crescent" named the "Gulf Breeze". The Birmingham Intermodal Facility, which opened in 2017, combines several modes of ground transportation in one central location: the MAX bus central station, Greyhound bus service, Megabus 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.