Salem (Amtrak station)

Salem

Salem Amtrak station
Station statistics
Address 500 13th Street SE
Salem, Oregon
Lines
  Cascades
  Coast Starlight
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Parking free
Bicycle facilities Yes
Baggage check yes
Other information
Opened 1918
Rebuilt 2000
Accessible
Code SLM
Owned by State of Oregon
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 61,907[1]  0.2% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Eugene
 Cascades
toward Vancouver
Coast Starlight
toward Seattle

Salem Station is an Amtrak train station in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is served by the Amtrak Cascades and the Coast Starlight passenger trains.

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History

This station was constructed for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1918 and is the third station to be built at this location.[2] The two previous stations were built in 1871 and 1889.[3] The 1871 depot burned down in 1885.[3] The Queen Anne-style 1889 depot burned down on March 5, 1917.[3]

The current Beaux-Arts-style structure was constructed of masonry and is one of five masonry depots that still exist along the original Southern Pacific West Coast line. The other depots are in Albany, Medford, Roseburg and Eugene.[4]

A restoration project by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) was completed in 2000.[2][5] Amtrak leases the station from ODOT for $1 a year, in exchange for maintenance of the building and grounds.

An 1889 Railway Express Agency (REA) freight depot/baggage shed survived the fire that destroyed the previous station and is the oldest freight depot still in existence in the state. After the 1917 fire, the Queen Anne-style REA depot was relocated from its original site to south of the passenger station.[3] The REA depot has not been used since the mid-1970s, and now awaits restoration.[3]

The station and baggage depot were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 2010.[6]

Ridership

Of the seven Oregon stations served by Amtrak, Salem was the third busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 170 passengers daily.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Oregon" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/OREGON10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ a b "Salem's Railroad Depots". Salem Online History. http://www.salemhistory.net/transportation/railroad_depots.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Salem City Council Agenda: National Register of Historic Places Nomination for Southern Pacific Railroad Depot". City of Salem. October 12, 2009. http://www.cityofsalem.net/CouncilMeetingAgenda/Documents/166/4.3a.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
  4. ^ Christie, Tim (September 7, 2007). "Railroad depot speeds into history books". The Register-Guard. http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/09/07/d1.cr.railroad.0907.p1.php?section=cityregion. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
  5. ^ "Oregon Dept. of Transportation Museum". Oregon Department of Transportation. http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/Museum2.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
  6. ^ National Park Service (2010-02-19). "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/08/10 through 2/12/10". http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20100219.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-19. 

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