Poplar Bluff station

Poplar Bluff station is a historic train station in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

Poplar Bluff, MO
Poplar Bluff station, January 2017
General information
Location	400 South Main Street Poplar Bluff, Missouri United States
Owned by	Poplar Bluff Historic Depot Restoration Corporation
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: PBF
History
Opened	1910
Passengers
FY 2023	3,746 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Walnut Ridge toward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Arcadia Valley toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Walnut Ridge toward Laredo or Houston Inter-American St. Louis toward Chicago Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station Neelyville toward Texarkana Texarkana – St. Louis Hendrickson toward St. Louis Terminus Poplar Bluff – Charleston Junland toward Charleston
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Historic marker near the staircase
Location	400 S. Main St., Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Coordinates	36°45′13″N 90°23′36″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1910 (1910)
Built by	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
MPS	Poplar Bluff MPS
NRHP reference No.	94001397
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1994

History

The station was built in 1910 by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. When the line and railroad was bought by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1917, the station was renamed the Missouri Pacific Depot, and when the line was bought by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982, the station was renamed the Union Pacific Depot in 1983, despite the fact that it was already used by Amtrak. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

In 2003, Union Pacific donated the building to the committee to Save and Restore the Historic Train Depot, a citizens-led non-profit that has since reorganized as the Poplar Bluff Historic Depot Restoration Corporation. The group has worked to raise money to restore the depot to include the exterior and interior.

See also

• List of Amtrak stations

References

• Butler County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places

External links

• Poplar Bluff, MO – Amtrak
• Poplar Bluff, MO – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Amtrak Texas Eagle Stations - Poplar Bluff, MO Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Poplar Bluff Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)