Huntington station (West Virginia)

Huntington, WV
Huntington station in November 2010
Location	1050 8th Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°24′57″N 82°26′23″W / 38.4159°N 82.4397°W / 38.4159; -82.4397Coordinates: 38°24′57″N 82°26′23″W / 38.4159°N 82.4397°W / 38.4159; -82.4397
Owned by	CSX Transportation
Line(s)	CSX Kanawha Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Tri-State Transit Authority
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	HUN
History
Opened	1873
Rebuilt	1983
Passengers
2018	10,296[1]  48.7%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Ashland toward Chicago Cardinal Charleston toward New York
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Tri-State (Ashland until 1975) toward Chicago James Whitcomb Riley 1974–1977 Charleston toward Washington, D.C. Ashland toward Chicago James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington 1972–1974 Charleston toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News Ashland toward Cincinnati James Whitcomb Riley 1971–1972 Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station toward Cincinnati Main Line toward Washington, D.C. or

Huntington is an Amtrak station in Huntington, West Virginia. Located at 1050 8th Avenue, the station consists of a platform on the south side of the east-west tracks, a small parking lot, and a small building in between. The station contains a waiting room and space for a ticket office, though Amtrak pulled the station agent in the 21st century. Huntington is served by the Cardinal route. The Amtrak station replaced a Chesapeake and Ohio station on 7th Avenue. The one story building was constructed to a standard design that Amtrak developed in the 1970s and used at locations throughout the country for the next two decades. Typical features included at Huntington are concrete block walls, floor to ceiling windows and a black, cantilevered roof.^[2]

Transit connections[]

The Huntington station is located six blocks south and two blocks west of the Tri-State Transit Authority Transit Center. Most TTA bus routes and the Greyhound Bus stop at that station. For closer connections, riders can take advantage of TTA Routes 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, which pass two blocks of the station at 4th Avenue. Those connections are not always practical under current Cardinal schedule. The passengers who arrive on the eastbound train from Chicago can easily transfer to any route that serves the Transit Center, most bus routes don't start running until the train departs. Except for the few PM routes, most TTA routes stop running hours before the westbound train arrives, limiting options for any passengers who are either boarding or disembarking from the train.

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Huntington (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Huntington, WV – Amtrak
• Huntington Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
• Huntington, WV (HUN) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)

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