Amtrak

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Amtrak is the national rail service that serves the Birmingham Amtrak Station at 1819 Morris Avenue in the Central City neighborhood of the Northside community. The station features a small waiting area and two ticket windows. Access to the platform is reached via a staircase at the southern end of the station. The platform is located along the tracks above the station and 20th Street North just to the south of Two North Twentieth.

Birmingham is served by Amtrak’s Crescent route. The Crescent provides rail access between New York City and New Orleans via Birmingham, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. The train serves Birmingham twice daily, once southbound, the 19 train, and once northbound, the 20 train. For southbound travelers Tuscaloosa is the next stop and for northbound travelers the next stop is in Anniston.