Gainesville, Texas (Amtrak station)

Gainesville, Texas
Station statistics
Address 605 East California Street
Gainesville, TX 76240
Lines
  Heartland Flyer
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Parking Yes
Other information
Opened 1902
Accessible
Code GLE
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 8,099[1]  5.9%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Terminus
 Heartland Flyer
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Thackerville
toward Purcell
 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Main Line
Valley View
toward Galveston
Santa Fe Passenger Depot at Gainesville
Location: Gainesville, Texas, USA
Built: 1902
Architect: C.W. Felt
NRHP Reference#:
  1. 83003757
Added to NRHP: 1983

The Gainesville Amtrak station is a train station in Gainesville, Texas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

The station, called the Historic Santa Fe Depot in Gainesville, was originally built as an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot, and has a museum located on the first floor. Upstairs are city offices and a replica of a Harvey House overnight stay quarters.

Of the 19 Texas stations served by Amtrak, Gainesville was the 10th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 24 passengers daily.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Gainesville, TX (GLE)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/GLE. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/TEXAS10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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