South Portsmouth–South Shore station

Railway station in South Shore, Kentucky

S. Shore/S. Portsmouth, KY

The Cardinal at South Portsmouth-South Shore in July 2023

General information
Location| Main Street and U.S. Route 23
South Shore, Kentucky
United States
Coordinates| 38°43′16″N 82°57′49″W﻿ / ﻿38.7212°N 82.9637°W﻿ / 38.7212; -82.9637
Owned by| Amtrak (shelter)
CSX Transportation (parking lot & platform)
Line(s)| CSX Cincinnati Subdivision
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 2
Construction
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: SPM
History
Opened| June 15, 1976
Rebuilt| 2023
Passengers
FY 2022| 732[1] (Amtrak)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
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Maysville

toward Chicago

|  | Cardinal |  | Ashland

toward New York

Former services

| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

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|

Cincinnati (River Road)

Maysville after June 1977

toward Chicago

|  | James Whitcomb Riley

1976–1977

|  | Tri-State

toward Washington, D.C.

Cincinnati (River Road)

toward Chicago

|  | Mountaineer

1976–1977

|  | Tri-State

toward Norfolk

Preceding station  | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | Following station
Vanceburg

toward Cincinnati

|  | Main Line  |  | Limeville

toward Washington, D.C. or Old Point Comfort

South Portsmouth–South Shore station is an Amtrak intercity rail station in South Shore, Kentucky. It primarily serves the city of Portsmouth, Ohio, located across the Ohio River.

## History[edit]

The original station shelter in 2017.

In pre-Amtrak years several C&O trains served a different station in Portsmouth: Fast Flying Virginian (west to Cincinnati, and sections east to Washington, D.C., and Newport News), George Washington (sections west to Cincinnati and Louisville, and sections east to Washington, D.C. and Newport News) and the Sportsman (northwest to Detroit, and sections east to Washington, D.C., and Newport News).[2] Norfolk & Western trains called at another station in Portsmouth: Pocahantas (Cincinnati and Columbus – Norfolk) and Powhatan Arrow (Cincinnati – Norfolk).[3]

The station was opened as a flag stop for the James Whitcomb Riley and Mountaineer on June 15, 1976.[4][5]: 53 Service to the stop was suspended on April 29, 1979, but resumed on April 27, 1980.[5]: 53 In January 2011, the station was made accessible (with a wheelchair lift) using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. The original shelter, built when the station opened in 1976, was replaced by a brick structure in early 2023. In addition to the new station building, improvements include new lighting and fencing as well as a new concrete platform with tactile edging. [6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: Commonwealth of Kentucky" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
2. ^ "Chesapeake & Ohio, Tables 1, 2". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 93 (9). January 1961.
3. ^ "Norfolk and Western, Tables 1, 5". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 93 (9). January 1961.
4. ^ "Amtrack Service Called Successful". Portsmouth Daily Times. April 30, 1977. p. 3B. Retrieved July 23, 2018 - via Newspaperarchive.com. [sic]
5. ^ a b Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
6. ^ "South Portsmouth – South Shore, KY (SPM)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved August 2, 2023.

## External links[edit]

Media related to South Portsmouth–South Shore station at Wikimedia Commons

* South Shore, KY – Amtrak
* South Shore, KY – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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* Fulton
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* Bowling Green
* Catlettsburg
* Louisville
* Louisville Auto Train

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