Clifton Forge station

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Clifton Forge, VA
Clifton Forge Railway Station.jpg
Clifton Forge in November 2005
Location307 East Ridgeway Street, Clifton Forge, Virginia
Coordinates37°48′53″N 79°49′39″W / 37.8146°N 79.8274°W / 37.8146; -79.8274Coordinates: 37°48′53″N 79°49′39″W / 37.8146°N 79.8274°W / 37.8146; -79.8274
Owned byCSX Transportation
Line(s)CSX Alleghany Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Parkingshort-term & long-term
Disabled accessplatform only
Other information
Station codeCLF, (station details)
History
Opened1857
Rebuilt1891
1897
1906
Passengers
FY20142,432 annually[1] Decrease 11.56% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
White Sulphur Springs
toward Chicago
 Cardinal Staunton
toward New York

Clifton Forge is a train station in Clifton Forge, Virginia, serving Amtrak's Cardinal line. It is located at 307 East Ridgeway Street in Clifton Forge, Virginia.

History[]

A fantrip calling at Cliffton Forge in 1969. The platform canopy is no longer standing.

The Virginia Central Railroad extended to Clifton Forge in 1857 here, a point originally called Jackson River.[2] The railroad's first station building on the site was constructed in 1891. Passenger operations moved to the nearby Gladys Inn in 1897.[3]

The modern two-story station building is a clapboard structure originally built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1906 as the railway's local offices. It became the passenger station in 1930 when the Gladys Inn was converted into the local YMCA building.[3] It sits just east of a major locomotive fuel facility for CSX Transportation.

Plans[]

In 2013, Amtrak announced that it plans to move the stop to a new station built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society.[4][5] The building is a replica of the original 1891 station,[3] and it is located on Main Street, east of the current facility.

The proposed new station, 705 Main Street

References[]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 16 August 2015. (Alternate link)
  2. ^ Castro, James E. (2006). The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9780738543345.
  3. ^ a b c Tabb, Rick; Dellinger, Josephine; Clifton Forge Woman's Club (2011). Clifton Forge. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 56, 59, 61. ISBN 9780738587905.
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-13. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "2018 Town of Clifton Forge Council Goals". 21 August 2018.

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