Longview (Amtrak station)
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| Longview | |||||||||||
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| Address | 905 Pacific Avenue Longview, TX 75602 |
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| Coordinates | 33°29′39″N 94°43′42″W / 33.494052°N 94.72833°WCoordinates: 33°29′39″N 94°43′42″W / 33.494052°N 94.72833°W | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Thruway Motorcoach | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1940 | ||||||||||
| Code | LVW | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 35,469[1]  4.2% |
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The Longview Amtrak station is a train station in Longview, Texas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was originally built by the Texas and Pacific Railway.
Longview station also serves as the train-bus transfer point for passengers destined to two Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach routes. One route provides Texas Eagle connecting service to Nacogdoches, Houston and Galveston, Texas, while the other route provides connecting service nonstop between Longview and Shreveport, Louisiana.
Of the 19 Texas stations served by Amtrak, Longview was the fourth-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 95 passengers daily.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Longview, TX (LVW)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/LVW. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/TEXAS10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
[edit] External links
- Amtrak Texas Eagle Stations - Longview, TX
- Amtrak – Stations – Longview, TX
- Longview, Texas (LVW); Great American Stations
- Longview Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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