Little Rock (Amtrak station)

Little Rock
Station statistics
Address 1400 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
Lines
  Texas Eagle
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 3
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Opened 1921
Rebuilt 1992
Accessible
Code LRK
Owned by Bailey Properties, LLC
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 22,218[1]  13%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Texas Eagle
toward Chicago
MoPac Station
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Built: 1911
Architect: Missouri Pacific Railroad; E.M. Tucker
Architectural style: No Style Listed
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 77000270[2]
Added to NRHP: June 17, 1977

The Little Rock Amtrak station(a.k.a.; Little Rock Union Station) is a train station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

Little Rock station was built in 1921 after a fire destroyed the prior station. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Mopac Station".[2]

Of the five Arkansas stations served by Amtrak, Little Rock was the busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 60 passengers daily.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Arkansas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/ARKANSAS10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 

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