Broad Street Station
2500 W. Broad St.
Opened 1917, replacing earlier stations 3 blocks east built in 1853 and 1871
Number of station tracks: 7 loop
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
JR Tower: controlled the immediate station area
Seaboard Jct.: controlled end of station loop and junction with Seaboard Railroad
AY Tower: controlled connection between RF&P, Atlantic Coast Line
Main Street Station
1500 E. Main St.
Opened 1901
Number of station tracks: 5 through/4 stub
Interlocked switches controlled from Main Street
Hull Street Station
1st St. and Hull St.
Opened 1915
(Broad Street Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 75 Havana Special Miami 6:40 5:00 5:30 29 Norfolk 8:15 4:35 23 Petersburg 10:20 21 7:35 89 Florida Mail Tampa 11:20 5:10 375 Everglades Jacksonville 2:10 85 1:20 25 Petersburg 1:55 27 2:15 91 West Coast Champion Tampa 7:50 10:15 10:00 77 Palmetto Limited Savannah 9:45 9:15 27 Petersburg 10:25 31 9:00 1 East Coast Champion Miami 10:45 9:10Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 2 East Coast Champion Miami 3:15 3:30 78 Palmetto Limited Savannah 4:05 2:35 92 West Coast Champion Tampa 6:45 5:00 4:15 28 Petersburg 7:50 22 7:00 24 Petersburg 12:01 26 9:35 376 Everglades Jacksonville 12:55 86 3:45 26 Petersburg 3:55 32 4:05 80 Florida Mail Tampa 7:00 8:00 76 Havana Special Miami 10:00 9:35 9:45 20 Norfolk 10:05 10:35Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
(Broad Street Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 2 East Coast Champion New York 3:25 3:45 78 Palmetto Limited Washington 4:15 2:50 10 (Motor Train) Washington 6:45 3:55 92 West Coast Champion New York 6:55 5:10 4:30 14 Washington 12:10 376 Everglades Washington 1:10 86 4:15 16 Washington 4:15 5:20 80 Florida Mail Washington 7:45 76 Havana Special New York 10:20 10:05 10:30 24 Washington 10:50Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 75 Havana Special New York 6:10 4:20 4:40 23 Washington 8:00 7:50 89 Florida Mail Washington 11:05 15 Washington 1:45 375 Everglades Washington 1:50 85 1:00 29 (Motor Train) Washington 6:55 7:45 91 West Coast Champion New York 7:40 10:00 9:45 77 Palmetto Limited Washington 9:35 8:50 1 East Coast Champion New York 10:35 8:55Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
(Main Street Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 192 Palmland New York 12:55 110 1:35 44 Silver Meteor New York 3:45 58 3:32 3:30 96 Robert E. Lee Washington 4:45 20 5:10 22 Washington 7:25 22 Silver Star New York 6:45 7:05 110 Cotton States Spec. Washington 9:25 34 6:20 108 Sun Queen New York 9:35 11:05 94 Washington 5:20Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 95 Robert E. Lee Washington 1:20 12:40 191 Palmland New York 5:18 9 2:40 93 Washington 11:50 11:59 21 Silver Star New York 4:18 4:15 9 Cotton States Spec. Washington 5:28 33 7:40 107 Sun Queen New York 5:45 6:10 43 Silver Meteor New York 8:45 57 9:33 8:45 21 Washington 10:30Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
Beginning in 1959, all RF&P trains used Broad Street Station.
(Main Street Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 5 Robert E. Lee Birmingham 1:25 1:10 am 191 Palmland Miami 5:23 9 2:55 am 5:35 am 3 Jacksonville 12:01 12:20 pm 21 Silver Star Miami 4:18 4:30 pm 9 Cotton States Spec. Birmingham 5:35 33 7:40 107 Sun Queen Tampa 5:48 7 6:25 43 Silver Meteor Miami 8:45 57 9:33 9:30 pm 1 Jacksonville 10:45Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 192 Palmland Miami 12:45 10 1:00 9:30 pm 44 Silver Meteor Miami 3:45 58 3:32 3:20 am 6 Robert E. Lee Birmingham 4:40 5:10 2 Jacksonville 7:00 10 Cotton States Spec. Birmingham 9:20 34 6:17 22 Silver Star Miami 6:42 6:50 am 108 Sun Queen Tampa 9:30 8 10:40 am 4 Jacksonville 4:50 3:40 pmPassenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
Beginning in 1959, Seaboard trains used Broad Street Station.
Trains 33-34, the Silver Comet, replaced the Cotton States Special in 1947.
(Main Street Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 9 Clifton Forge 8:40 19 6:00 42 George Washington Phoebus VA 9:00 8:30 9:20 am 47 Sportsman Detroit 11:35 11:10 46 Sportsman Phoebus VA 2:00 2:35 11 Lynchburg 5:15 41 George Washington Charlottesv. 5:30 5:20 4:30 pm 48 Phoebus VA 7:00 6:55 43 F.F.V. Charlottesv. 10:30 10:45Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 30 Charlottesv. 8:00 7:45 12 Lynchburg 8:20 42 George Washington Charlottesv. 8:35 8:00 9:05 am 47 Sportsman Phoebus VA 11:25 10:55 46 Sportsman Detroit 1:10 2:10 10 Clifton Forge 4:45 20 7:25 41 George Washington Phoebus VA 4:50 4:50 4:20 pm 43 F.F.V. Phoebus VA 9:30 9:00Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
(Hull Street Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 7 Danville 3:00 pm 11 Greenville 11:30 pm 10:15 pmArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 12 Greenville 8:10 am 8:00 am 14 Danville 5:30 pmPassenger service discontinued in 1957.
Previously used Main Street Station until the late 1930's, with Hull Street station an intermediate stop.
Until early 1940's, Southern Railway passenger trains continued further east of Richmond to West Point.
Amtrak initially vacated Main Street Station in 1972. And the station went unused, until renovation for Amtrak's return to the station in 2004.
Hull Street Station has been preserved, restored as a museum for the National Railway Historical Society.
Broad Street Station.
Main Street Station.
Science Museum of Virginia
Link to an official Web site, showing how Broad Street Station has been preserved and transformed for other uses.
Main Street Station (Wikipedia)
Links to Web sites containing further historical information on Main Street Station.
Richmond Railroad Museum
Museum at the former Southern Railway's Hull Street Station.