Deming station
Deming, NM | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Deming station shelter, August 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | 400 East Railroad Boulevard Deming, New Mexico United States | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°16′18″N 107°45′15″W / 32.27167°N 107.75417°W | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | UP Lordsburg Subdivision | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | No platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: DEM | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1881 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY 2023 | 1,266[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||
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Deming station is an Amtrak train station at 400 East Railroad Boulevard in Deming, New Mexico. The station consists of a simple metal shelter with a bench inside (sometimes derisively called an "Amshack") with train information posted on a sign outside. There is no platform at this station, trains stop at a paved vehicle crossing where passengers board.
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Deming_New_Mexico_Amtrak_station.jpeg/220px-Deming_New_Mexico_Amtrak_station.jpeg)
In March 1881, the second transcontinental railroad, uniting the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway from the east with the Southern Pacific Railway from the west, was completed at Deming. To mark the occasion, a silver spike was driven to connect the rails. Deming subsequently received a large two-story "union depot" that in 1930 was remodeled into a one-story structure.[2]
The original old wood depot has since been moved and repurposed.
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of New Mexico" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "Deming Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
External links
Media related to Deming (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak stations in New Mexico
- Buildings and structures in Luna County, New Mexico
- Transportation in Luna County, New Mexico
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1881
- Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
- 1881 establishments in New Mexico Territory
- Western United States railway station stubs
- New Mexico building and structure stubs