Ardmore station (Oklahoma)
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Ardmore, OK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Ardmore station in February 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 251 East Main Street Ardmore, Oklahoma United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°10′20″N 97°07′32″W / 34.1721°N 97.1255°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Ardmore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Railway Red Rock Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak code: ADM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | November 16, 1915–August 7, 1917[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 27, 1915 | Station depot exploded[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 7,287[4] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY 2023 | 5,831[5] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ardmore station is an Amtrak train station in Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States, served by the daily Heartland Flyer. Most of the depot is used as an event center, but a waiting room in the back is open to passengers thirty minutes before the train is scheduled to arrive.
The station was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1917, replacing a 1909-built station which had been destroyed by an explosion on September 27, 1915.[3] The Rock Island Railroad also used the depot, and their logo is still visible on the opposite side from the tracks.
References
- ^ "New Ardmore Station". Muskogee Times-Democrat. November 16, 1915. p. 10. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Union Station Opened This Afternoon". The Daily Ardmoreite. August 7, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b United Press International (September 30, 1915). "Ardmore Explosion Claims Many Lives". The Choctaw Herald. Hugo, Oklahoma. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
External links
Media related to Ardmore station (Oklahoma) at Wikimedia Commons
- Ardmore, OK – Amtrak
- Ardmore, OK – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Texas Eagle page Archived 2006-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Amtrak stations in Oklahoma
- Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1909
- Ardmore, Oklahoma
- Transportation in Carter County, Oklahoma
- Buildings and structures in Carter County, Oklahoma
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- Oklahoma building and structure stubs