Winona station

Winona

Winona station from the northeast
Location 65 East Mark Street
Winona, MN 55987
Coordinates 44°2′39.5″N 91°38′24.5″W / 44.044306°N 91.640139°W / 44.044306; -91.640139Coordinates: 44°2′39.5″N 91°38′24.5″W / 44.044306°N 91.640139°W / 44.044306; -91.640139
Line(s)
  Empire Builder
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking Yes; free
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code WIN
History
Opened 1888
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 18,893[1] Decrease 0.4%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Empire Builder
toward Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station
Area Less than one acre
NRHP Reference # 13000327[2]
Added to NRHP May 28, 2013

Winona is a historic train station in Winona, Minnesota, United States. It is served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder service. It was originally built in 1888 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, known later as the Milwaukee Road.[3] A former Milwaukee Road freight house also exists here.

The station was designed by architect John T. W. Jennings.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station for having local significance in the theme of transportation.[5] It was nominated for representing the development of train transportation in Minnesota with Winona as a major rail hub.[6]

Other stations for Winona

Winona also had a station used by the Chicago and North Western Railroad that was located near downtown, until it was torn down in 1980. The original Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Empire Builder stopped at the Winona Junction station, which was on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi river on what is now the BNSF Northern Transcon line.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2016, State of Minnesota" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2016. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ Winona County, Minnesota Railroad Structures
  4. ↑ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 360. ISBN 978-0471143895.
  5. ↑ "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station". National Register of Historic Places Program. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  6. ↑ Gaut, Greg (2012-12-17). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-07-22.

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