Alpine (Amtrak station)

Alpine
Location 102 West Holland Street
Alpine, TX 79830
Coordinates 30°21′26″N 103°39′42″W / 30.35720°N 103.66168°WCoordinates: 30°21′26″N 103°39′42″W / 30.35720°N 103.66168°W
Owned by Amtrak
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Station code ALP
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 4,756[1]Increase 10.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited
toward New Orleans
Texas Eagle
toward Chicago

Alpine Station is an Amtrak station in Alpine, Texas on the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes. It is not staffed and has partial wheelchair accessibility, an enclosed waiting area, public payphones, and free parking. It is located at 102 West Holland Street, is less than a mile from Sul Ross State University, and is also the nearest station to Big Bend National Park.

The depot, commissioned in 1946 by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, was built in the Spanish Mission Revival style with light Art Deco detailing. The façade facing the tracks has a projecting center bay with a large window framed by geometric rope detailing. An octagonal cupola with a finial tops the building. [2]

Notable places nearby

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "Alpine, Texas, station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

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