Culpeper station

Culpeper
Location	109 South Commerce Street Culpeper, VA United States
Coordinates	38°28′20″N 77°59′36″W / 38.47222°N 77.99333°W / 38.47222; -77.99333Coordinates: 38°28′20″N 77°59′36″W / 38.47222°N 77.99333°W / 38.47222; -77.99333
Line(s)	Norfolk Southern Railway
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	CLP
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	14,257 annually[1]  4.24% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Charlottesville toward Chicago Cardinal Manassas toward New York City Charlottesville toward New Orleans Crescent Charlottesville toward Lynchburg Northeast Regional Manassas toward Boston South Station or Springfield   Proposed service   Preceding station   Transdominion Express   Following station Orange toward Bristol Washington-Bristol Line Manassas toward Washington, D.C.

Culpeper is an Amtrak train station in Culpeper, Virginia. It was originally built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in 1904, replacing an 1874 station house which itself replaced two stations originally built by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The station is currently served by both the Cardinal and Crescent routes, along with two daily Northeast Regional trains to and from Lynchburg.^[2]

When then-owner Norfolk Southern Railway tried to demolish a portion of the depot in 1985, a citizens' committee formed to save the building. In 1995, the town successfully prepared a $700,000 renovation grant under the Virginia Department of Transportation Enhancement Program. Three years later, Norfolk Southern sold the depot to the town, and in 2000 the renovated building opened to the public. Additional work to the freight section was completed in 2003.^[3]

References

External links

• Media related to Culpeper (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Amtrak – Stations – Culpeper, VA
• Culpeper (CLP) Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Culpeper Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)