Glenwood Springs, CO (GSC)

Ticket Revenue

FY 2011

$2,365,697

Station Ridership

FY 2011

33,776

Note: Fiscal year is from
October through September.

The station at Glenwood Springs officially opened on June 18, 1904 and celebrated its 100th birthday with an event in 2004. When the station opened, the Denver and Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) Railroad ran its “Scenic Line of the World” through it to capitalize on the beauty of Glenwood Canyon.

The building is styled similarly to the Hot Springs Lodge, made of Frying Pan River red sandstone and composed of a jerkinhead cross gable flanked by medieval brick towers with pyramidal roofs. Throughout various restorations, most recently in 1990, the architects managed to restore the depot’s original roofing and retain the original long oak platform benches.

In September 2003, the Glenwood Railroad Museum opened in the old Ladies’ Waiting Room. Today the museum uses about one-third of the station, with Amtrak still actively using the other two-thirds.

Glenwood Springs was first settled by James Landis in 1879, and was platted and incorporated on August 25, 1885. With the completion of the first class Hotel Colorado and the growing fame of the town’s main attraction, the Hot Springs Pool, Glenwood Springs began to establish itself as a resort destination. The Glenwood Hot Springs, the largest natural hot springs pool in the world, has drawn visitors for over a century, including presidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt.

For centuries, the Ute people had used the hot springs for therapeutic and ceremonial purposes.

John Henry “Doc” Holliday, the infamous gunslinger, is buried here. Glenwood is the gateway to Aspen, 40 miles to the south.

This facility has a waiting room and is staffed by an Amtrak employee.

Glenwood Springs is served by two daily trains.