Harpers Ferry station

Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry (WV) Amtrak-MARC Station
Location Potomac & Shenandoah Streets
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
United States
Owned by National Park Service
Line(s) Cumberland Subdivision
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections PanTran
Construction
Parking 98 spaces
Other information
Station code HFY
History
Opened 1889
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 6,287[1]Increase 15% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
Capitol Limited
MARC
toward Martinsburg
Brunswick Line
  Former services  
Baltimore and Ohio
Engle
Main Line
Weverton
Millville
toward Strasburg
Strasburg BranchTerminus
Harpers Ferry Train Station
Location Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA
Coordinates 39°19′28″N 77°43′52″W / 39.32444°N 77.73111°W / 39.32444; -77.73111Coordinates: 39°19′28″N 77°43′52″W / 39.32444°N 77.73111°W / 39.32444; -77.73111
Part of Harpers Ferry Historic District (#79002584)
Added to NRHP 1979[2]

Harpers Ferry station is a railway station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is currently served by Amtrak's Capitol Limited as well as MARC commuter service. Built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the station is part of the Harpers Ferry Historic District.

It is a wooden frame Victorian style building, dating from 1889. It sits on buried foundations of original Harpers Ferry armory buildings.[3]

In 2007, the station was rededicated following a $2.2 million renovation, which included restoration of the station's tower.[4]

Ridership

MARC (2013): 104

See also

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. Jefferson County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
  3. Harpers Ferry Planning Commission (November 1, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Harpers Ferry Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service.
  4. "Harpers Ferry, WV station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
B&O's Columbian at Harpers Ferry in 1949


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