Station Data:

Address

4565 Gaynor Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405

Location

32.88 N, 80.00 W

Elevation

9 m / 30 ft

Population

120,083 (Charleston)
97,471 (North Charleston)

Staff

Staffed

Open Hours

4:15am - 10:15pm   Daily

Building

Built in 2018

Ridership

81,180 (FY2011)

Amtrak Trains:

PALMETTO

[ New York, NY - Washington, DC - Florence, SC - Savannah, GA ]

SILVER METEOR

[ New York, NY - Florence, SC - Orlando, FL - Miami, FL ]

Station Improvement:
North Charleston Transit Center opened in late 2018 is served by Amtrak and local and intercity buses and features a spacious waiting area, community room and a history display focused on the surrounding Liberty Hill neighborhood. Amtrak relocated to the intermodal center from the 1956 Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) depot, which stood directly to the south. (Source - "Great American Stations" Charleston, SC (CHS))

Visited January 16, 2008

Station Entrance Gate

Station is located in North Charleston

Built by Atlantic Coast Line in 1956

Main Entrance

Platform

Ticket Counter

Station is enclosed with fences

0.3 miles North of Station (Montague Ave.)

Looking South (Miami)

Looking North (New York)

NS Office (0.5 miles west of Amtrak sta.)

Located in Norfolk Southern Yard

Charleston Downtown

Charleston Downtown

Charleston Downtown

Charleston Downtown

Visited June 23, 2003

Station Building

Main Entrance

Platform

Station Entrance Gate

Ticket Counter

Waiting Area

Looking North (New York)

Looking South (Miami, Savannah)

Freight Train

Located north side of the station

SCL GP40 passing Charleston Station (September 1981)