Lamar (Amtrak station)

Lamar

Lamar Amtrak Station and Visitor's Center.
Station statistics
Address Main and Beach Streets
Lamar, CO 81052
Lines
  Southwest Chief
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Opened 1907
Code LMR
Owned by City of Lamar
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 1,840[1]  3%
Services
Lamar Visitor's Center
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Southwest Chief
toward Chicago
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Martin
 Main Line
Morse
Main Line
Major stations
Syracuse

The Lamar Amtrak station is a train station in Lamar, Colorado, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was originally built in 1907 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, after a long-standing feud between the railroad, and the founder of the former town of Blackwell.[2] The current station is designed in a manner similar to that of Garden City Station in Kansas, and also serves as the Lamar Visitor's Center.

Of the nine Colorado stations served by Amtrak, Lamar was the ninth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 5 passengers daily.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Lamar, CO (LMR)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/LMR. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  2. ^ Lamar, Colorado; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Colorado" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/COLORADO10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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