San Antonio station (Texas)
San Antonio | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 350 Hoefgen Street San Antonio, Texas United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Amtrak | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side & 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Thruway Motorcoach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak code: SAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 50,272 [1] 4.64% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°25′12″N 98°28′40″W / 29.42000°N 98.47778°WCoordinates: 29°25′12″N 98°28′40″W / 29.42000°N 98.47778°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Daniel J. Patterson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Spanish Mission | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 75001955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1975 |
San Antonio is an Amtrak railroad station located on the eastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas.
Service[]
San Antonio station hosts two Amtrak services; the tri-weekly Sunset Limited and the daily Texas Eagle. Four days a week, San Antonio is the southern terminus of the Texas Eagle, which originates in Chicago. Three days a week, the Texas Eagle joins with the Sunset Limited, continuing westbound to Los Angeles.
San Antonio station provides an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach route serving Harlingen, Brownsville, and McAllen, Texas.
History[]
Amtrak previously used the historic Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) Station, also known as Sunset Station. It was designed by SP's architect Daniel J. Patterson in the Spanish Mission Revival style, and built in 1902 by the SP. The train station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Amtrak moved operations in 1998 to a smaller depot that was built adjacent to the older Sunset Station. Under its owner, VIA Metropolitan Transit, the historic Sunset Station underwent an extensive restoration and now serves as an entertainment complex. The station also neighbors the Alamodome and the Robert Thompson Transit Station.
A preserved 2-8-2 Baldwin "Mikado" Southern Pacific steam locomotive number 794 was donated to the City of San Antonio at the end of its service life in 1956, and placed on static display at nearby Maverick Park for decades before being relocated to the station in January 1999. Since September 2008, it has been under the care of volunteers from the San Antonio Railroad Heritage Museum.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Amtrak service in San Antonio, TX" (PDF). Rail Passengers Association. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Southern Pacific Locomotive #794". San Antonio Railroad Heritage Museum. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
External links[]
- San Antonio, TX – Amtrak
- Profile of San Antonio Station
- Official Sunset Station complex webpage
- Austin Steam Train Association
- Train Web, USA Rail Guide: San Antonio Amtrak Station & Sunset Depot
- San Antonio (SAS) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
- Amtrak stations in Texas
- Buildings and structures in San Antonio
- Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations
- Transportation in San Antonio
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1902
- National Register of Historic Places in San Antonio
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Mission Revival architecture in Texas
- Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Texas
- Texas railway station stubs
- Texas Registered Historic Place stubs