Longview (Amtrak station)
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For the station in Washington, see Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center.
| Longview | |||||||||||
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 A baggage cart outside Longview in 2008. | |||||||||||
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| Address |
905 Pacific Avenue Longview, TX 75602 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°29′39″N 94°43′42″W / 33.494052°N 94.72833°WCoordinates: 33°29′39″N 94°43′42″W / 33.494052°N 94.72833°W | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Thruway Motorcoach | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1940 | ||||||||||
| Station code | LVW | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2013) | 41,305[1]  16% | ||||||||||
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The Longview Amtrak station is a train station in Longview, Texas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was originally built by the Texas and Pacific Railway.
Longview station also serves as the train-bus transfer point for passengers destined to two Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach routes. One route provides Texas Eagle connecting service to Nacogdoches, Houston and Galveston, Texas, while the other route provides connecting service nonstop between Longview and Shreveport, Louisiana.
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
External links
Media related to Longview (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons- Amtrak Texas Eagle Stations - Longview, TX
- Amtrak – Stations – Longview, TX
- Longview, Texas (LVW); Great American Stations
- Longview Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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