Thurmond (Amtrak station)
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| Address | County Route 25/2 Thurmond, WV 25936 |
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| Coordinates | 37°57′26″N 81°04′44″W / 37.95722°N 81.07889°WCoordinates: 37°57′26″N 81°04′44″W / 37.95722°N 81.07889°W | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (1 unused) | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes, extremely limited | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1905 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1995 | ||||||||||
| Code | THN | ||||||||||
| Owned by | National Park Service | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 254[1]  10% |
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Thurmond is an Amtrak station in Thurmond, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. The station is located on CSX's New River Line.
It is one of Amtrak's least-busy stations (it was the second least-busy for fiscal year 2006, after Greenfield Village, Michigan, which was less traveled because it had been discontinued from the Amtrak regular schedule in April 2006 (being open only to groups after that point).
Of the 509 stations served by Amtrak in 2010, Thurmond was the second least-used station; only Sanderson, Texas has a lower passenger volume.
The long, narrow two-story slate-roofed wooden structure, built in 1905 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, also houses a railroad museum and a visitor center for the New River Gorge National River. The depot features a projecting bay that served as a signal tower. The interior originally possessed three waiting rooms: one for white men, one for white women, and one for African-Americans.[2] The building was renovated in 1995. It is a contributing structure in the Thurmond Historic District.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. December 2011. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/WESTVIRGINIA11.pdf. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Chambers, S. Allen (2004). "Capital Center and South Central West Virginia". Buildings of West Virginia. Oxford University Press. pp. 114–115. ISBN 0-19-516548-9.
- ^ R. Eugene Harper (September 15, 1983). National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Thurmond Historic DistrictPDF (5.29 MB). National Park Service
[edit] External links
- Amtrak – Stations – Thurmond, WV
- Thurmond Amtrak Station & Museum (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Thurmond Depot - The Museum (WVRailroads.com)
- Thurmond Depot Visitor Center - U.S. National Park Service, New River Gorge National River, official site
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