Located on the east side of San Francisco Bay, Hayward is within easy commuting distance of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, therefore making it a sought-after residential community. In…
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The railroad has been integral to the history of Topeka, as this city was the origin of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) that followed the famous Santa…
Customers at Ashland use a shelter on the platform across from the city’s transportation center, which was built in 1906 as a freight depot for the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)…
The Amtrak stop at the Hanford depot is located a few blocks southwest of the tree-lined Civic Center Park, which is bordered by the historic King County Courthouse and the…
The Fulton station is located on the north side of town adjacent to the Canadian National Railway line. The first known inhabitants of Fulton were the Chickasaw Indians, who called…
Amtrak began serving Maysville on June 12, 1977 via the James Whitcomb Riley (Washington-Cincinnati-Chicago) — which was soon renamed the Cardinal after the state bird of each state on the…
The South Shore – Portsmouth station, an enclosed shelter on the platform, was completed in early 2023 as part of a larger $3.5 million program of accessibility improvements. The one-story…
The San Diegan (succeeded by the Pacific Surfliner in 2000) began serving Guadalupe in July 1998; the present facility was constructed for the start of service, and it provides passengers…
The current Amtrak station in Hammond was built by the Illinois Central Railroad in 1912 and designed by the railroad’s in-house architects. The depot is listed on the National Register…
The Lafayette train station is a brick structure originally constructed by the Texas & New Orleans Railroad. A plaque in the station states that this historic depot was built in…
Amtrak established the Great American Stations Project in 2006 to educate communities on the benefits of redeveloping train stations, offer tools to community leaders to preserve their stations, and provide the appropriate Amtrak resources.
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