Gainesville station is a

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Gainesville, Georgia The city of Gainesville is the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 42,296. Because of its large number of poultry processing plants, it is often called the "Poultry Capital of t ...

, that is currently served by

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''. The station was also known as the Gainesville Southern Railway Depot. Constructed for the Southern Railway in 1910, the red brick station was built to replace an earlier depot damaged by a tornado in 1903.

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, successor of Southern Railway, uses most of the building as office space. The passenger waiting area is open for an hour before and an hour after trains arrive. The station is currently also used by a local chapter of the

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External links

Gainesville Southern Railway Depot
''Georgia's Railway History & Heritage''

''USA RailGuide - TrainWeb'' Gainesville, Georgia Amtrak stations in Georgia (U.S. state) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910 Stations along Southern Railway lines in the United States Transportation in Hall County, Georgia Buildings and structures in Hall County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-railstation-stub