Lafayette, Louisiana (Amtrak station)

Lafayette

A Southern Pacific locomotive leads the Sunset Limited into Lafayette in 1989.
Station statistics
Address 133 East Grant Street
Lafayette, LA 70501
Lines
  Sunset Limited
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Opened 1911-1912
Rebuilt 2002
Accessible
Code LFT
Owned by City of Lafayette
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 6,122[1]  33%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Sunset Limited

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

Lafayette Station was originally built by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad in either 1911 or 1912, but burned in a fire and abandoned on May 11, 2001. It was restored during the year 2002.

Of the seven Louisiana stations served by Amtrak, Lafayette was the fourth-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 17 passengers daily.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Louisiana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/LOUISIANA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Louisiana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/LOUISIANA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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