Longview station is a train station in Longview, Texas, United States. It is served by Amtrak and was originally built by the Texas & Pacific Railway.
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 A baggage cart outside Longview in 2008. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 905 Pacific Avenue Longview, Texas United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°29′39″N 94°43′40″W / 32.494144°N 94.727680°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Longview | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Amtrak Thruway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: LVW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 44,876[1] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Official name | Longview Train Depot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Designated | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 17982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Longview station also serves as the train-bus transfer point for passengers destined to two Amtrak Thruway motorcoach routes. One route provides Texas Eagle connecting service to Nacogdoches, Houston and Galveston, Texas; the other route provides connecting nonstop service between Longview and Shreveport, Louisiana.
Opened in 1940, the red brick depot replaced an 1874 structure. Its Colonial Revival style, popular in the early 20th century, includes stylized quoins, brick cornice and grey stone trim used to highlight the coping, keystones and lintels. In its heyday, it ran several Missouri Pacific and Texas & Pacific trains a day, notably those companies' original Texas Eagle (ended, 1971), which west and south of Longview split into three different sections for different parts of Texas. Until 1963 the Louisiana Eagle went east to Shreveport and New Orleans.[2][3] A successor night train and a successor day train ran on the route to New Orleans as late as 1968.[4]
In early 2013, the city broke ground on a $2.2 million project to transform the depot into a multimodal transportation center. During the renovation, workers installed new dormers and the open-air waiting room was recreated. The project was largely funded through a Transportation Enhancement grant from the Federal Highway Administration, matched by city funds.[5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "Missouri Pacific Lines, Tables 4, 5". Official Guide of the Railways. 94 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1962.
- ^ "Texas & Pacific Railway". Official Guide of the Railways. 94 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1962.
- ^ "Missouri Pacific Lines, Table 2". Official Guide of the Railways. 101 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1968.
- ^ "Longview, Texas". Great American Stations. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
External links
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Media related to Longview (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Longview, TX – Amtrak
- Longview, TX – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Longview, TX – Texas Eagle (Amtrak) Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Longview Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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