Staunton (Amtrak station)

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Staunton
Station statistics
Address 1 Middlebrook Avenue
Staunton, VA
Lines
Cardinal
Other information
Code STA
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 6,345 ▼ 0.9%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
 Cardinal
toward New York

The Staunton Amtrak station is located at 1 Middlebrook Avenue in Staunton, Virginia. The station is downtown in the Wharf Area Historic District. The station is a stop on Amtrak's Cardinal line, which runs from New York to Chicago, and has restrooms and waiting benches, but no ticket office. It serves a large area of the Shenandoah Valley. (Staunton no longer has intercity bus service. The closest Greyhound/Trailways station is 30 miles away.[1])

Next to the station are restaurants, art studios and other attractions. An historic wooden bridge and paved trail leads to the Sears House in Woodrow Wilson Park. The old Staunton jail is nearby.[citation needed] Next to the station is a Chessie System caboose.[2][3]

The site of the station has been a railroad depot since 1854.

The present railroad station is the third one on this site. The first station was destroyed by [Union] General Hunter's troops in June of 1864. A runaway train at the turn-of-the-century [in 1890[4]] destroyed the second station.

—Staunton in the Civil War[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Getting Around and to Staunton. City of Staunton. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
  2. ^ Caboose, Index W. Central California Rails. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. See also linked photograph.
  3. ^ Turner, Jack M.. Florida to Indianapolis and Return by Rail. TrainWeb. Retrieved on 2008-06-12.
  4. ^ Wharf Area Historic District. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
  5. ^ Staunton in the Civil War. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.

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