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Benson, AZ (BEN)

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At Benson, passengers use a small open-air shelter adjacent to the tracks. The community is located along the old Southern Pacific (SP) main line from Los Angeles to El Paso,…

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Stanley, ND (STN)

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The Stanley depot is located on the northern edge of downtown approximately one block east of Main Street. The one story frame building is clad in wood siding and topped…

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Williston, ND (WTN)

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Located in the far northwestern corner of North Dakota, only 80 miles south of the Canadian border and 15 miles from the state line with Montana, Williston is the center…

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Alliance, Ohio, Amtrak station

Alliance, OH (ALC)

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Passengers at Alliance wait for Amtrak trains at a shelter station building completed by Amtrak in the summer of 2011. A 550-foot long concrete platform with tactile edging was also…

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Bryan, OH (BYN)

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Bryan’s Amtrak stop is located four blocks north of the town’s main square. The modest enclosed waiting area was built in the early 1980s and provides shelter and warmth during…

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Cleveland, Ohio, Amtrak station

Cleveland, OH (CLE)

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Amtrak trains glide along the shore of Lake Erie before making their early morning stops at Cleveland’s Lakefront Station north of downtown. From 1971-1972, Amtrak served Cleveland Union Terminal on…

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Elyria, OH (ELY)

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In January 2014, a new shelter was put in place for passengers at Elyria after the former depot was damaged in an October 2013 fire and had to be removed….

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Sandusky, OH (SKY)

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Amtrak trains stop at Sandusky in the early morning hours. The station is unstaffed and passengers generally must wait on the platform or in their vehicles, as the station building…

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Toledo, OH (TOL)

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Toledo’s old Union Terminal, now referred to as Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza, is firmly planted in the aesthetics and dreams of mid-20th century America but has been renovated to…

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