Gallup (Amtrak station)

Gallup
Gallup Amtrak station
Station statistics
Address	201 East Highway 66 Gallup, NM 87301
Coordinates	35.5293°N 108.7405°W / 35.5293; -108.7405
Lines	Southwest Chief
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	1918
Code	GLP
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	16,446  14%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Winslow toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Albuquerque toward Chicago     Former services     Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Manuelito toward Los Angeles Main Line Wingate toward Chicago Dearborn Station Winslow toward Los Angeles Main Line Major stations Albuquerque toward Chicago Dearborn Station

The Gallup Amtrak station is located at 201 East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico. The station was built in 1918 as the El Navajo Hotel, one of a series of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway railroad station hotels built across the southwestern and central United States by Fred Harvey. The hotel was closed in 1957, but was later reopened as an unstaffed Amtrak station.

Of the seven New Mexico stations served by Amtrak, Gallup was the third busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 37 passengers daily.

The station is unique in that a fence guards the platform from the rest of the station. This is to prevent people getting on the tracks of the triple tracked, high speed main line.

Routes

• Southwest Chief

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Gallup, NM
• Gallup Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)