Hamlet station is an Amtrak train station in Hamlet, North Carolina, United States, served by the daily. The station, built in 1900 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places individually and as part of the Main Street Commercial Historic District.

History

Hamlet Station was originally built in 1900 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad as both a passenger station and a division headquarters. In addition to serving the Seaboard's mainline trains between Richmond and Florida (including the and ), the station served until 1969 the Silver Comet to Birmingham. Until 1958, the SAL operated a daily passenger train from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Charlotte via Hamlet and Monroe. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1971 as the Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot. That year, Amtrak took over intercity passenger service. Between 2001 and 2004 the entire Queen Anne-style station house was moved across a set of tracks for safety, and converted into a museum by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. On November 10, 2024, the Silver Star was merged with the as the Floridian.