LDE considerations proposed for sections between MP AG 295.4 / NO 0.4 The AGS southern MP ends at the NONE starting MP mark near Meridian, MS
LDE – KCS INTERLOCKING at MP 294.8 with MERIDIAN Passenger Station – MP 295.0
Northward trains and engines may not operate from the KCS Main Track to the NS Southward Main Track at Meridian, MS, MP 295.4, unless authorized by the NS Division Superintendent or NS Assistant Division Superintendent. If the northward movement is authorized, the movement will be made under observation with an employee suitably equipped with a radio to stop the movement, positioned to observe all engines and cars moving from the KCS Main Track switch to the NS Southward Main Track and at a speed not to exceed 5 MPH. When an observing employees detects any unsafe condition, the employee will immediately stop the movement.
KCS Main Track, Meridian, MS, MP AG 295.4 Northward trains and engines may not operate from the KCS Main Track to the NS Southward Main Track at Meridian, MS, MP AG 295.4, unless authorized by the NS Division Superintendent or NS Assistant Division Superintendent. If the northward movement is authorized, the movement will be made under observation with an employee suitably equipped with a radio to stop the movement, positioned to observe all engines and cars moving from the KCS Main Track switch to the NS Southward Main Track at a speed not to exceed 5 MPH.
LDE – MERIDIAN Passenger Station – MP 295.0
Union Station, also called the Meridian Multi-Modal Transportation Center, is an intermodal transportation center in Meridian, Mississippi. The station is located at 1901 Front Street in the Union Station Historic District within the larger Meridian Downtown Historic District, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Consisting of a new addition and renovated surviving wing of the 1906 building, Union Station was officially dedicated on December 11, 1997. It is a center of several modes of passenger transportation, including Amtrak train service on the Norfolk Southern rail corridor, Greyhound, and other providers of bus services.
Meeting rooms on the mezzanine level are designed for community activities, the existing east wing houses Meridian’s economic development agency. Located beside the station, a former Railway Express Agency building has been renovated and adapted as the Meridian Railroad Museum, inviting patrons to learn more about Meridian’s railroading history.
General information
Other names: Meridian Multi-Modal Transportation Center, Union Station
Location: 1901 Front Street, Meridian, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates: 32.3639°N 88.6964°WCoordinates: 32.3639°N 88.6964°W
Owned by: City of Meridian
Line(s): Norfolk Southern Railway
Platforms: 2 island platforms
Tracks: 3 (2 in use)
Connections: Bus transport Amtrak Thruway, Bus transport Greyhound Lines.
Signaled Siding (SS) between MP NO 48.0 and MP NO 54.3 at 11,943 ft. or 2.26 miles
Meridian Yard
Before entering Yard Limits at Meridian Yard, permission must be obtained from the Yardmaster at Meridian. In the absence of the Yardmaster, contact the AGS South Dispatcher for permission prior to entering Meridian Yard Limits. The Meridian Yardmaster is the designated authority to authorize passing stop signals at 27th Avenue (Meridian).
LDE – Laurel, MS Amtrak Passenger station MP NO 56.4
Laurel station is an Amtrak station at 230 North Maple Street in the heart of downtown Laurel, Mississippi. Currently served by Amtrak’s Crescent passenger train, the station was originally built in 1913 by the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, which was acquired in 1916 by the Southern Railway.
General information:
Location: 230 North Maple Street, Laurel, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates: 31.6922°N 89.1280°WCoordinates: 31.6922°N 89.1280°W
Line(s): Norfolk Southern Railway
Platforms: 1 side platform
Tracks: 1
Signaled Siding (SS) between Laurel MP NO 56.4 and MP NO 59.3 in Shows Field, 11,450 ft. or 2.18 miles.