The Oregon City station opened on April 16, 2004, and is presently a platform and shelter served by the Amtrak Cascades. The city plans to move the Southern Pacific depot…
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Portland Union Station was constructed in 1896 and has been in continuous operation since that time. Originally constructed as part of the Northwest Pacific Terminal Company, it was owned jointly…
Salem’s station was built for the Southern Pacific Railroad and opened in 1918 as a replacement for a wood frame Queen Anne-style depot built in 1888. Southern Pacific architect J.H….
As the Pennsylvanian glides into Altoona, passengers catch a glimpse of the imposing dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, framed against the rolling foothills of the Allegheny Mountains….
Ardmore is located in Lower Merion Township along the Main Line, a string of Philadelphia suburbs that have been tied to the city by rail for more than a century…
Amtrak passengers at Coatesville use a platform and shelter adjacent to the historic brick depot, which is one of the oldest existing train stations along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main…
Amtrak trains glide along the east bank of the Youghiogheny River before reaching Connellsville where travelers wait at a shelter erected by Amtrak in the winter of 2011. In addition…
Passengers board and alight at Cornwells Heights at platforms with several open shelters shared with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). SEPTA leases the station and serves the area with…
The stop in Downingtown consists of an enclosed shelter on a platform. This station serves Amtrak, SEPTA commuter rail and a local transit bus company. Downingtown, “A Main Street Community,”…
Elizabethtown is a station stop for the Keystone Service that connects Philadelphia and the state capital at Harrisburg, as well as for the Pennsylvanian that runs between New York City and…
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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