La Plata (Amtrak station)

La Plata
Station statistics
Address 535 North Owensby Street
La Plata, MO 63549
Lines
  Southwest Chief
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Parking Yes
Other information
Opened 1945
Rebuilt 1996–2001
Code LAP
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 10,786[1]  1.9%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Southwest Chief
toward Chicago
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Elmer
 Main Line
Gibbs
Marceline
 Main Line
Major stations

The La Plata Amtrak station is a train station in La Plata, Missouri, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. La Plata Station was built in 1945 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad as a replacement for an 1887-built passenger and freight depot that was in deteriorating condition. Efforts to replace the station were stalled by a lack of construction material being used to defeat the Axis in World War II. The 1945 replacement was built in Art Deco style, and was restored between 1996 and 2001 by local preservationists, a model railroad club and a garden club.[2]

Of the twelve Missouri stations served by Amtrak, La Plata was the tenth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 30 passengers daily.[3]

References

  1. ^ "La Plata, MO (LAP)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/LAP. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  2. ^ La Plata(LAP) – Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Missouri" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MISSOURI10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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