Station Data:

Address

101 North Main Street
Burlington, NC 27217

Location

36.10 N, 79.44 W

Elevation

202m / 663ft

Population

49,963 (Census 2010)

Staff

Unstaffed

Building

Built in 2003

Ridership

25,851 (FY2012)

Amtrak Trains:

Train Name

Route

CAROLINIAN

[ New York, NY - Richmond, VA - Raleigh, NC - Charlotte, NC ]

PIEDMONT

[ Raleigh, NC - Greensboro, NC - Charlotte, NC ]

Visited in Feb. 2002 - Former Amtrak Station

Station Building
2 / 16 / 2002

Platform Side
2 / 16 / 2002

Looking toward Northwest (Charlotte)
2 / 16 / 2002

Looking toward Southeast (Raleigh)
2 / 16 / 2002

Visited in April 2005 - New Amtrak Station was built

Station Building
4 / 9 / 2005

Called "Company Shops Station"
4 / 9 / 2005

Platform Side
4 / 9 / 2005

Platform Side
4 / 9 / 2005

Waiting Area
4 / 9 / 2005

North Main Street (Just North of Station)
4 / 9 / 2005

Looking toward Southeast (Raleigh)
4 / 9 / 2005

Looking toward Northwest (Charlotte)
4 / 9 / 2005

Visited in April 2005 - Southern Railway Station

Southern Railway Station (The city owns)
4 / 9 / 2005

Southern Railway Station
4 / 9 / 2005

Historic Property Plate
4 / 9 / 2005

Looking toward the station (S. Main St.)
4 / 9 / 2005

Mr. Jimmy Workman sent the information about Burlington, NC station. 

Thanks, Mr. Jimmy Workman.

The new station is the former "Round House" for the "North Carolina Railroad".  The town now called Burlington grew up around the round house and other maintenance facilities of the "North Carolina Railroad".  The town was originally called "Company Shops".  The name was changed when the railroad was leased to the "Southern Railroad" and the maintenance shops were moved to Spencer, NC. Link to the website about the "new" station: http://www.whistlestopncrr.com

The old Southern Railroad station was moved to its current site when the road was relocated back in the 70's or 80's.  It used to be on the diagonal opposite corner of the intersection of Main St and the railroad tracks from the Round House (current station).  The road current runs where the station used to sit.  The road used to run where the caboose now sits on the track side of the old station.