Yemassee station is an

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train stop in

Yemassee, South Carolina Yemassee () is a small South Carolina Lowcountry, Lowcountry town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, Beaufort and Hampton County, South Carolina, Hampton counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 1,027 at the 2010 census. Y ...

. Located at 15 Wall Street (erroneously listed as 9 Main Street on the ''Amtrak'' timetable and the ''Amtrak'' official website), the station consists of a covered platform on the northwest side of the northeast-southwest tracks, a small parking lot, and a building. The building is mostly boarded up, but it does have a small waiting room for Amtrak passengers. It also contains a freight depot. Both the station and the freight house were originally built by the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway. The current station house was built around 1955 as a replacement for several other stations in the past. The station was later run by the

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. Yemassee is served by the ''

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'' and ''

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'' trains of Amtrak's '' Silver Service''. Both trains pass through Yemassee, near the growing towns of

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and

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, at roughly the same times of the day; the northbound ''Palmetto'' and southbound ''Silver Meteor'' do so in the morning, while the southbound ''Palmetto'' and northbound ''Silver Meteor'' come through in the evening. From 1915 to 1965, the Yemassee station was the first place where potential United States Marines recruits stopped before reaching

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. Many Marines that fought in wars and conflicts spanning World War I through Vietnam began their careers at the train station. The town is in the process of purchasing the station from Amtrak as part of a local revitalization effort.

Image gallery

File:US Marine with recruits at Yemassee Train Station, Date Unknown.jpg, A U.S. Marine with recruits at Yemassee train station, date unknown. File:Yemassee_Receiving_Station.jpg, Yemassee used to be a receiving station for recruits when they left for Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC. File:Yemassee_Train_Station_Plaque.jpg, Marine Corps plaque for Yemassee Train Station.

References

External links

Yemassee Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
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