Editing Birmingham, Alabama (section)

====Passenger====
Birmingham was a railroad hub from its founding, and its [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] [[Birmingham Terminal Station|Terminal Station]] was a major passenger stop for many trains crossing the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]] until the creation of [[Amtrak]] on May 1, 1971, when all but one of Birmingham's passenger trains were eliminated. The only remaining passenger service is the Amtrak ''[[Crescent (train)|Crescent]]'', with one train eastbound and one train westbound daily from the [[Birmingham, Alabama (Amtrak station)|Birmingham Amtrak station]]. The ''Crescent'' route connects Birmingham with [[Washington D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], and points northeast and northwest of there; [[Greensboro, NC]]; [[Charlotte, NC]]; [[Greenville, SC]]; [[Atlanta, GA]]; [[Anniston, AL]]; [[Tuscaloosa, AL]]; [[Meridian, MS]]; [[Hattiesburg, MS]]; and [[New Orleans, LA]].

Another Amtrak train, the ''[[Floridian (train, 1971–1979)|Floridian]]'', served Birmingham en route from Chicago to Florida points from November 1971 to October 1979, when it was cancelled for low ridership. From May 1974 to September 1977, the [[Auto-Train Corporation]] operated its eponymous train via Birmingham on its [[Louisville, Kentucky]] to [[Sanford, Florida]] route. However, Birmingham was not a passenger stop for the ''Auto-Train'', merely a crew-change point.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline for the 1971-1981 Auto-Train |url=https://www.themetrains.com/auto-train-timeline.htm |website=The Story of the 1971-1981 Auto-Train |publisher=Accuen Media, LLC |access-date=April 30, 2023}}</ref> The Auto-Train Corporation went out of business in 1981, but since 1983, Amtrak has operated another ''[[Auto Train]]'' (no hyphen) between [[Lorton, Virginia]], and Sanford; it does not enter Alabama.

Beginning in October 1989, Amtrak's ''[[Gulf Breeze (train)|Gulf Breeze]]'' was a section of the ''[[Crescent]]'' that split from the ''Crescent'' at Birmingham and ran to [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], stopping at several intermediate points. The state of Alabama shared the operating costs with Amtrak; however, due to dismally low ridership, the ''Gulf Breeze'' was discontinued in April 1995.