Lamar station (Amtrak)
Lamar, CO | |||||||||||||
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Location | Main and Beach Streets Lamar, CO 81052 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°WCoordinates: 38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Lamar | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Railway La Junta Subdivision | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Station code | LMR | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2016 | 1,879[1] 2.5% | ||||||||||||
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot | |||||||||||||
Location | Lamar, Colorado | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 100004186 | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | July 19, 2019 |
The Lamar station is a train station in Lamar, Colorado served by Amtrak. It is served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief line. It was originally built in 1907 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway..[2] The current station is designed in a manner similar to that of Garden City station in Kansas, and also serves as the Lamar Visitor's Center. In 2019 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2016, State of Colorado" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lamar, Colorado; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- ^ Reyes, Catherine (October 20, 2019). "Lamar's train depot now on National Register of Historic Places". The Denver Post.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lamar (Amtrak station). |
- Lamar, CO – Amtrak
- Lamar, Colorado; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Lamar Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)
- Colorado Welcome Center at Lamar (Colorado Tourism Office)
- Remembrances of D. K. Spencer (Santa Fe Online Historical Society)
Categories:
- Amtrak stations in Colorado
- Transportation buildings and structures in Prowers County, Colorado
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1907
- National Register of Historic Places in Prowers County, Colorado
- Colorado railway station stubs