Godbold Transportation Center

"Brookhaven station" redirects here. For the former station on the Long Island Rail Road, see Brookhaven station (LIRR).

The Godbold Transportation Center is a train station in Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States, served by Amtrak's City of New Orleans passenger train.

Godbold Transportation Center
The Transportation Center in January 2023
General information
Location	440 North Railroad Avenue Brookhaven, Mississippi United States
Coordinates	31°34′59″N 90°26′28″W
Owned by	City of Brookhaven
Line	Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: BRH
History
Opened	1907 (Union Station) 2011 (Transportation Center)
Passengers
FY 2024	4,010[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station McComb toward New Orleans City of New Orleans Hazlehurst toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Hartman toward New Orleans Main Line Montgomery toward Chicago
Location

The facility is located in the town's old power plant, originally constructed in 1890. Renovation plans called for partial demolition of the power plant, but the soaring smokestack was retained as a symbol of the building's industrial heritage. Large expanses of glass on the principal elevations allow natural light to flood the waiting room. The wooden benches used by passengers were once located in the old Illinois Central depot.^[2]

History

Postcard of the former Brookhaven Union Station built by Illinois Central Railroad, now a military museum

Brookhaven was a hub between the Illinois Central (formerly the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern), the Brookhaven and Pearl River Railroad, the Mississippi Central, and the Meridian, Brookhaven, and Natchez Railroad. In 1907, Illinois Central constructed the Union Station and freight house in downtown Brookhaven. Designed by F. D. Chase, the Tudor-revival brick building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[2]

The old station building, located at 125 South Whitworth Avenue,(31°34′44″N 90°26′35″W) is now occupied by the Military Memorial Museum.^[3]

Godbold Transportation Center, named after a former Brookhaven Mayor Bill Godbold,^[4] opened in 2011. This replaced a small shelter beside the old depot building that had been used by Amtrak.