Mineola station (Texas)
For the Long Island Rail Road station in Mineola, New York, see Mineola (LIRR station).
Mineola | |||||||||||
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| Location |
115 East Front Street Mineola, TX 75773 United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°39′43″N 95°29′21″W / 32.66197°N 95.4891°WCoordinates: 32°39′43″N 95°29′21″W / 32.66197°N 95.4891°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Mineola | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | MIN | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1906 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2006 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2014) |
6,776[1]  6.1% | ||||||||||
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Mineola is a station in Mineola, Texas, United States, currently served by Amtrak's Texas Eagle. The station was originally built in 1906 by the Texas & Pacific Railway and also used by the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
According to Mineola native Willie Brown, the station was built as the result of his persistent lobbying of President Bill Clinton. Responding to an Amtrak report that a survey did not reveal anyone wanting to get off in Mineola, Brown reportedly told Clinton: "The reason to stop in Mineola is not to let anybody off. It's to let the people on. Look at me! I left!"[2] Amtrak's own press release on the station, however, credits "Mineola community leaders" with the successful effort.[3]
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Willie, Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008), p. 255.
- ↑ National Railroad Passenger Corporation, "Texas 'Railroad Town' Completes Restoration of Historic Depot," News Release, June 8, 2006.
External links
- Amtrak – Stations – Mineola, TX
- Mineola, Texas (MIN); Great American Stations
- Mineola Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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