Biloxi station

Biloxi station is a closed and unstaffed Amtrak intercity train station in Biloxi, Mississippi. There is no station building; there is only a covered platform. The station is across the street from the Biloxi Transit Center, which serves Coast Transit Authority and Greyhound buses.

Biloxi, MS
The platform at Biloxi in 2001, looking west.
General information
Location	860 Esters Boulevard Biloxi, Mississippi
Coordinates	30.3989°N 88.8915°W / 30.3989; -88.8915
Line(s)	CSX NO&M Subdivision
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Connections	Coast Transit Authority Greyhound Lines
Other information
Status	Closed
Station code	BIX
History
Opened	April 29, 1984 March 31, 1993
Closed	January 6, 1985 August 28, 2005[1]
Passengers
2007	0  0%
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Gulfport toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited (1993–2005) Pascagoula toward Orlando or Miami Gulfport toward New Orleans Gulf Coast Limited (1984–1985, 1996–1997) Pascagoula toward Mobile
Future services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Gulfport toward New Orleans Mardi Gras Service Pascagoula toward Mobile
Location

Amtrak service to Biloxi began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985.^[2][3] The stop was reactivated on March 31, 1993 in service on the Sunset Limited.^[4] Damage to the rail line resulting from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 caused Amtrak to suspend service east of New Orleans,^[1] including at Biloxi. Service will return to Biloxi with the establishment of the Mardi Gras Service between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama on August 18, 2025.^[5]

Prior station

Louisville & Nashville 1954 timetable, showing several daily trains stopping in Biloxi; these trains continued into the late 1960s.

Into the late 1960s, at another Biloxi station, the Louisville & Nashville operated the daily trains, Gulf Wind (New Orleans–Jacksonville), Pan-American (New Orleans–Cincinnati) and Humming Bird (New Orleans–Cincinnati), as well as an additional unnamed day train (New Orleans–Jacksonville).^[6] Additionally, the Southern Railway operated the Crescent and Piedmont Limited (both: New Orleans–New York) through that station.^[7]

Notable places

• Jefferson Davis Presidential Library
• Mississippi Coast Coliseum