Grand Island station
Grand Island station, otherwise known as the Burlington Railroad Depot in Grand Island, Nebraska is a historic railroad station which served trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route). The Prairie style station was constructed in 1911. It was likely designed by Walter T. Krausch, who designed many CB&Q depots, however the documentation of the depot was lost in a 1922 fire.
Grand Island | |||||||||||
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| Former Burlington Route passenger rail station | |||||||||||
 Grand Island station (2015) | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 603 N. Plum Street, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1911 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1969 | ||||||||||
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Burlington Railroad Depot | |||||||||||
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| Location | 603 N. Plum Street, Grand Island, Nebraska | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°55′57″N 98°20′16″W / 40.93250°N 98.33778°W | ||||||||||
| Built | 1911 | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Prairie style | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 14001013 | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 2014 | ||||||||||
In 1940, the station had three daily trains per direction. Railcar service was provided daily as far as Lincoln and Ravenna while The Adventureland and The General Custer each ran daily service from Kansas City to Billings via Grand Island.[1] By 1947, the railcar service had ended and by May 1965, only one Kansas City to Billings train remained.[2][3] Passenger service ended completely in 1969.
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2014.
References
edit- Acosta, Ruben A. Burlington Railroad Depot National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, 2014. On file at the National Park Service.
- ^ "Burlington Route Timetable June 1940" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Burlington Route Timetable December 1947" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Burlington Route Timetable May 1965" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2022.