San Antonio station (Texas)

Not to be confused with San Antonio (Caltrain station).

San Antonio
General information
Location	350 Hoefgen Street San Antonio, TX 78205
Owned by	VIA Metropolitan Transit
Line(s)	Sunset Limited   Texas Eagle
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Thruway Motorcoach
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	SAS
History
Opened	1998
Passengers
2014	62,002  9.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Template:Amtrak stations toward Template:Amtrak stations Template:Amtrak lines Template:Amtrak stations toward Template:Amtrak stations Template:Amtrak lines Template:Amtrak stations toward Template:Amtrak stations
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sunset Depot, San Antonio, Texas (postcard, circa 1903-1924)
Location	San Antonio, Texas
Built	1902
Architect	Daniel J. Patterson
Architectural style	Spanish Mission
NRHP reference No.	75001955
Added to NRHP	May 29, 1975

San Antonio Station serves as the Amtrak railroad station located on the eastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas.

Service

San Antonio Station serves two Amtrak lines; the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle. The two lines are actually part of the same train from Los Angeles, California, but splits at this station with the Sunset Limited continuing onto New Orleans, Louisiana and the Texas Eagle to Chicago, Illinois.

San Antonio Station provides an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach route serving Harlingen, Brownsville, and McAllen, Texas.

History

Sunset Station

Historic view of 1902 Sunset Station, the first San Antonio Station.

Amtrak previously utilized the historic Southern Pacific Railroad Station, that was also known as the Sunset Station. It was designed by SP's architect Daniel J. Patterson in the Spanish Mission Revival style, and built in 1902 by the SP. The train station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Amtrak moved operations in 1998 to a smaller depot that was built adjacent to the older Sunset Station. Under its owner, VIA Metropolitan Transit, the historic Sunset Station underwent an extensive restoration and now serves as an entertainment complex. The station also neighbors the Alamodome. There is even a preserved 2-8-2 Baldwin "Mikado" steam locomotive that had belonged to the Southern Pacific railroad, was donated to the City of San Antonio at the end of its service life in 1956, and placed on static display at nearby Maverick Park for many years before being relocated to the station. Another "Mikado", donated simultaneously to the City of Austin, is operated on excursion trains for live steam enthusiasts by the Austin Steam Train Association.

External links

• San Antonio, TX – Amtrak
• San Antonio, TX – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Texaseagle.com: San Antonio Amtrak station for "Texas Eagle" line information
• Profile of San Antonio Station
• Official Sunset Station complex webpage
• Austin Steam Train Association
• Air conditioning in San Antonio
• Train Web, USA Rail Guide: San Antonio Amtrak Station & Sunset Depot
• San Antonio (SAS) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)