| Lamar, CO | |||||||||||||
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 Lamar Amtrak station and Visitor's Center. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Main and Beach Streets Lamar, Colorado | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W / 38.0897; -102.6185 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Lamar | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF La Junta Subdivision | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: LMR | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| FY 2023 | 1,138 (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot | |||||||||||||
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||||||
| Location | Lamar, Colorado | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 100004186 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 2019 | ||||||||||||
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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. 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.
See also
References
- "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Colorado" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- 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.
External links
- Lamar, CO – Amtrak
- Lamar, CO – Station history at 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)
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