Selma Union Depot

Selma Union Depot, also known as Selma Union Station and Selma–Smithfield, is a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina, and near the town of Smithfield. Built in 1924, it is currently served by two Amtrak passenger trains, the Palmetto and the Carolinian. It is located at 500 East Railroad Street in the heart of downtown Selma. The Floridian and the Silver Meteor have their northern split here, but do not stop in Selma.

The original station in the area was the Mitchner station, built in 1855 a few blocks from the current station. The building still exists and is believed to be the oldest surviving train station in North Carolina.^[4]

A wood-frame structure at the current site was constructed in 1897. The current station was built as its replacement in 1924 by architect A.M. Griffin,^[1] for the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railroads. The ACL trains were north–south for the company's Everglades and Palmetto.^[5] The Southern Railway trains were east–west trains on the North Carolina section of the Carolina Special.^[6]

The station was closed in 1971, when Amtrak took over passenger service throughout much of the country. In 1975, the people of the city thwarted the station's demolition, and beginning the year after this reopened the station as a museum devoted to the city's railroad heritage. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1982.^[1] Amtrak service to Selma began on October 31, 1982, when the Palmetto began stopping there.^[7] In February 2024, Amtrak completed the 2ドル.5 million project, with upgrades that makes the station fully compliant to the Americans with Disabilities Act.^[8]

The old freight house is located to the west of the station on Railroad Street and South Webb Avenue. A maintenance shed is located to the north. Two tracks exist along the east side of the station, another one exists along the south side, and the fourth is a section of curved track behind the station that connects two of the tracks. Three platforms exist at the station, one of which is along the curved track. A parking space exclusively for the handicapped can be found between the curve and the station house.

• Historic boarding shelter
  Historic boarding shelter
• Rear of the station
  Rear of the station
• Station interior
  Station interior

• Carolinian
• Palmetto

Media related to Selma-Smithfield (Amtrak station) (category) at Wikimedia Commons

• Selma-Smithfield, NC – Amtrak
• Selma-Smithfield, NC – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Selma Station – NC By Train
• Selma-Smithfield Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
• History & Heritage – Selma Historic Union Station (Visit Selma.org) Archived 2015年04月14日 at the Wayback Machine

• Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
• Buildings and structures in Johnston County, North Carolina
• Amtrak stations in North Carolina
• Former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations
• Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations
• Union stations in the United States
• Transportation in Johnston County, North Carolina
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1924
• National Register of Historic Places in Johnston County, North Carolina
• 1897 establishments in North Carolina
• Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina

• Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
• Articles using NRISref without a reference number
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Coordinates on Wikidata
• Webarchive template wayback links
• Pages using the Kartographer extension