Purcell (Amtrak station)

Purcell
Location East Main Street and North Santa Fe Avenue
Purcell, OK 73080
Coordinates 35°00′43″N 97°21′26″W / 35.0120°N 97.3573°WCoordinates: 35°00′43″N 97°21′26″W / 35.0120°N 97.3573°W
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code PUR
History
Opened 2001
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,834[1] Decrease 24.6%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Fort Worth
Heartland Flyer
  Former services  
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Noble
toward Newton
Newton – PurcellTerminus
TerminusGulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Main Line
Wayne
toward Galveston
Kirfort
toward Chickasha
Chickasha – PurcellTerminus

The Purcell Amtrak station is a train station in Purcell, Oklahoma, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. This is the second station in this location to serve Amtrak. The original Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad depot was torn down in the 1990s; its last service was the Lone Star, discontinued in 1979. The current brick depot was completed in 2001 with a grant from the Great American Stations Foundation.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Purcell, OK (PUR)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

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