Dillon
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Dillon Amtrak station from the intersection of West Main Street and North Railroad Avenue.
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Location | 100 North Railroad Avenue Dillon, SC 29536 |
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Coordinates | 34°25′03″N 79°22′20″W / 34.4176°N 79.3722°WCoordinates: 34°25′03″N 79°22′20″W / 34.4176°N 79.3722°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | DIL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1893 (Freight) 1904 (Passenger) |
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Passengers (2013) | 9,456 8.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dillon is a train station in Dillon, South Carolina, served by Amtrak, the United States' railroad passenger system. It was originally built by the Florence Railroad in 1893, but only as a freight station. Once the railroad was consolidated into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1898, the passenger station was opened in 1904. The station survived the merger of the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967, only to terminate passenger service in 1971. Amtrak service to Dillon began on June 15, 1976, with the introduction of the Palmetto. The four-faced station clock also contains two Fahrenheit thermometers.
The clock doubles as a thermometer
Historic plaque
Monument to the Mayors of Dillon
Railroad crossing and CSX Railroad trucks