Lake Charles station
Lake Charles | |||||||||||
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| Location |
100 Ryan Street Lake Charles, LA 70601 United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°14′17.5″N 93°13′01.5″W / 30.238194°N 93.217083°WCoordinates: 30°14′17.5″N 93°13′01.5″W / 30.238194°N 93.217083°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Lake Charles | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Lake Charles Transit | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak code: LCH | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1992 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2013) |
3,856[1]  12% | ||||||||||
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Lake Charles is a train station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It is located on 100 Ryan Street at the west end of South Railroad Avenue. Lake Charles station is a decorative unstaffed waiting room that serves as a replacement for the original Lake Charles Station on South Railroad Avenue between Bilbo and Hedges Streets. The site of the former station shifts Railroad Avenue slightly to the south.
Eastbound freight train
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Louisiana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
External links
Media related to Lake Charles station at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak – Stations – Lake Charles, LA
- Lake Charles Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Lake Charles (LCH)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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