Camden, SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Camden_South_Carolina_Amtrak_station.jpeg) Camden station in February 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1060 West Dekalb Street Camden, South Carolina United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°14′53″N 80°37′30″W / 34.248°N 80.625°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hamlet Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: CAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 2,862[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.5 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Wadesboro Construction Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 00000590[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Camden station is an Amtrak train station in Camden, South Carolina, served by the daily Floridian.
The station was built by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1937.[3][4] It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 as Seaboard Air Line Railroad Depot.[2] A $2.5 million restoration and accessibility renovation took place in 2015.[5][6] On November 10, 2024, the Silver Star was merged with the Capitol Limited as the Floridian.[7]
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Vivian, Daniel J. (November 19, 1999). "Seaboard Airline Railway Depot" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Seaboard Airline Railway Depot, Kershaw County (1100 W. DeKalb St., Camden)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Amtrak to renovate Camden train station, grounds". The (Camden, S.C.) Chronicle-Independent. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ^ "Camden, SC (CAM)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
- ^ "Amtrak Launching the Floridian, with Daily Service Between Chicago and Miami" (Press release). Amtrak. September 23, 2024. Archived from the original on September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.