Greensburg station

Greensburg, PA
Greensburg, PA
General information
Location	Harrison Avenue & Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W / 40.30444°N 79.54667°W
Owned by	StoneKim Properties LLC
Line(s)	Keystone Corridor (Pittsburgh Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Westmoreland County Transit Authority
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GNB
History
Opened	1912
Rebuilt	1995
Passengers
FY 2017	13,634 0.6%
Services
Former services
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	Greensburg Railroad Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Greensburg station house.
Coordinates	40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W / 40.30444°N 79.54667°W
Built	1911
Architect	William H. Cookman
Architectural style	Jacobean Revival
NRHP reference No.	77001202
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1977

Greensburg is an Amtrak railway station located approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Pittsburgh at Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The station is located just north of the city center. It is served only by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once daily in each direction.

History

The station was opened in 1912 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of a project to elevate the right-of-way as it passed through Greensburg. William Holmes Cookman served as architect.^[3] The depot is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern with stone trim and quoins on the building's corners; the overall architectural style is Jacobean Revival. A tall square clock tower is topped by a copper ogee dome with finial. Ornamented parapets with center cartouches and corner finials surround the dome.^[4]

From March to November, 1981, the station was the eastern terminus of PennDOT's Parkway Limited train, which took commuters to Pittsburgh. Until 2005, Greensburg was served by the Three Rivers (a replacement service for the Broadway Limited), an extended version of the Pennsylvanian that terminated in Chicago. Its cancellation marked the first time in Greensburg's railway history that the town was served by a single daily passenger train. The small shelter that serves as the present station has no ticket office.

The station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.^[5] The historic station now houses a restaurant.^[6]

Westmoreland County Transit Authority's transit center is approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the train station. All WCTA bus routes pass through Greensburg Station at the transit center. Greyhound also has a bus stop at the WCTA transit center.

Gallery

View from Pennsylvania Avenue
Train Station Portico

References

^ "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2017, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 192. ISBN 978-0471143895.
^ "Greensburg Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
^ Westmoreland County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #77001202)
^ "Greensburg Train Station to get new restaurant". The Tribune-Review. Trib Total Media Inc. 2010-04-02. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2010-04-11.

External links

Media related to Greensburg (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

Greensburg, PA – Amtrak
Greensburg, PA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
Greensburg Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide - TrainWeb)
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-249, "Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA", 3 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Greensburg, PA (GNB) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)

Template:PRR stations: Wilkinsburg–Greensburg Template:PRR stations: Greensburg–Latrobe

[1] "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2017, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[3] Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 192. ISBN 978-0471143895.

[4] "Greensburg Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[5] Westmoreland County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #77001202)

[6] "Greensburg Train Station to get new restaurant". The Tribune-Review. Trib Total Media Inc. 2010-04-02. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2010-04-11.

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