Clemson station is a train station in

Clemson, South Carolina Clemson () is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Clemson is home to Clemson University; in 2015, ''the Princeton Review'' cited the town of Clemson as ranking #1 in the United States for " town-and-gown" ...

. It is served by the '' Crescent'' passenger train of

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, the national passenger rail service. The station sits on the corner of Calhoun Memorial Highway and College Avenue in the heart of downtown Clemson. Clemson is situated on one of the nation's emerging

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corridors, known as the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor or SEHSR. The station was originally erected by the Southern Railway in 1916. In the early 1960s, R.C. Edwards, then Clemson University president, convinced D.W. Brosnan, president of the Southern at the time, to prefer Clemson over

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as the main station for the area. On January 31, 1979, the Southern discontinued passenger service, turning operations of the ''Crescent'' over to

. In 2016 the station closed for construction on a nearby intersection. A Amtrak Thruway bus transferred Clemson passengers to Greenville. Amtrak's ''Crescent'' resumed normal service at Clemson station on August 1, 2019.

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Clemson Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
Buildings and structures in Pickens County, South Carolina Amtrak stations in South Carolina Stations along Southern Railway lines in the United States Transportation in Pickens County, South Carolina Clemson, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-railstation-stub