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Spartanburg, SC (SPB)

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The Spartanburg Union Station on Magnolia Street was built in 1904, and once served the Southern Railway, the Clinchfield Railway and the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. In 1949, as…

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Yemassee, SC (YEM)

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The Yemassee station consists of a platform with a sheltered area adjacent to the old Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad depot built in 1955. The city purchased the building from…

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Alpine, Texas, Amtrak station

Alpine, TX (ALP)

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Alpine is served by a modest 1946 Spanish Mission Revival style station that features light Art Deco detailing. The façade facing the tracks has a projecting center bay with a…

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Austin depot viewed from the platform.

Austin, TX (AUS)

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Austin’s brick station, built in 1947 for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, provides a small waiting room, ticket office and restroom for passengers. The Houston and Texas Central Railroad came to…

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Beaumont, Texas, shelter with kiosk sign.

Beaumont, TX (BMT)

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In early 2012, a new shelter station opened at Beaumont to replace the remaining concrete slab of the former Missouri Pacific depot. Until 2005, passengers had used the modular metal…

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Cleburne Intermodal Center

Cleburne, TX (CBR)

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Cleburne’s Intermodal Transportation Depot, constructed in 1999, serves both Amtrak and local bus transit. It also houses the dispatch office for CLETRAN, the city’s local transit system. The city of…

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Del Rio, Texas, Amtrak station

Del Rio, TX (DRT)

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Customers at Del Rio use a concrete platform adjacent to the city’s Regional Transportation Center, which is housed in the historic Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) station and is served by…

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