Tyrone (Amtrak station)

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Tyrone
Station statistics
Address	Pennsylvania Avenue and West 10th Street Tyrone, PA 16686
Lines	Pennsylvanian
Tracks	2
Parking	yes
Other information
Opened	1880
Rebuilt	2000
Code	TYR
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	2,369 ▲ 17%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Altoona toward Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Huntingdon toward New York

Tyrone Station is an Amtrak rail station located about 15 miles northeast of Altoona, Pennsylvania on Pennsylvania Avenue south of West 10th Street in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. The station is located in the south end of the borough. Tyrone station is only served by Amtrak Pennsylvanian trains, which operate once per day in each direction.

A new railroad station building exists at the stop, but it is only currently used as a museum for the Tyrone Historical Society. There is no ticket office at this station. The station is a flag stop, due to the small number of passengers.

Greyhound has an intercity bus stop less than 1/4 mile north of the station, at 20 West 10th Street.

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the new station.(currently used as museum)

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[edit] External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Tyrone, PA

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007

• Tyrone Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)