# Atmore station

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**Atmore station** is a former train station in [Atmore, Alabama](/source/Atmore,_Alabama). It formerly served [Amtrak](/source/Amtrak)'s *[Sunset Limited](/source/Sunset_Limited)* line. It has been closed since 2005, after Amtrak stopped service of the *Sunset Limited* east of [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans) due to the effects of [Hurricane Katrina](/source/Hurricane_Katrina). The station is located at 107 East Louisville Street. It features an enclosed waiting area, payphones, and partial wheelchair accessibility. Its Amtrak station code is ATR.

The station was a stop on the *[Gulf Breeze](/source/Gulf_Breeze_(train))* until its discontinuance on April 2, 1995.[3][4]

Previously, Atmore had a [Frisco Railway](/source/Frisco_Railway) station, serving trains north to Tupelo, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee, and south to Pensacola, Florida. A [Louisville and Nashville](/source/Louisville_and_Nashville) station served trains due north to Montgomery, Louisville and Cincinnati, and south to New Orleans.[5][6] The Frisco service ended in 1955, and the L&N in 1971.

## References

1. ["All Aboard"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63735960/amtrak-gulf-breeze-october-30-1989/). *The Alabama Journal*. October 30, 1989. p. 1. Retrieved November 21, 2020. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["Trains"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63736829/sunset-limited-august-29-2005/). *[The Tallahassee Democrat](/source/The_Tallahassee_Democrat)*. August 29, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2020. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["Amtrak Timetable - Effective October 30, 1994"](http://timetables.org/full.php?group=19941030n&item=0017). *timetables.org*. Amtrak. April 2, 1995. p. 17. Retrieved November 14, 2018.

1. ["Amtrak Timetable - Effective April 2, 1995"](http://timetables.org/browse/?group=19950402n&item=0023). *timetables.org*. Amtrak. April 2, 1995. p. 23. Retrieved November 14, 2018.

1. "Frisco Railway, Table 25". *Official Guide of the Railways*. **84** (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1951.

1. "Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Table 5". *Official Guide of the Railways*. **84** (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1951.

## External links

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- [Texas Eagle](https://web.archive.org/web/20061119135916/http://www.texaseagle.com/stations/ATR.htm)
- [Amtrak Stations Database](http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/atmore.htm)

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