Lamar (Amtrak station)

Lamar
Lamar Amtrak Station and Visitor's Center.
Location	Main and Beach Streets Lamar, CO 81052
Coordinates	38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W / 38.0897; -102.6185Coordinates: 38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W / 38.0897; -102.6185
Owned by	City of Lamar
Line(s)	Southwest Chief
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	LMR
History
Opened	1907
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,812[1]  0.6%
Services
Lamar Visitor's Center Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station La Junta toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Garden City toward Chicago   Former services   Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Martin toward Los Angeles Main Line Morse toward Chicago Dearborn Station La Junta toward Los Angeles Main Line Major stations Syracuse toward Chicago Dearborn Station

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.

References

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Lamar, CO
• Lamar, Colorado; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Lamar Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)
• Colorado Welcome Center at Lamar (Colorado Tourism Office)
• Remembrances of D. K. Spencer (Santa Fe Online Historical Society)

Former AT&SF locomotive on display at Lamar Station.