Boise Union Pacific Depot

Boise Union Pacific Depot
Boise Union Pacific Depot
Former Amtrak & Union Pacific inter-city rail station
	View of the Boise Union Pacific Depot from the northeast
General information
Location	2603 West Eastover Terrace; Boise, Idaho; United States
Owned by	City of Boise
Line(s)	None
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	BOI (Amtrak)
History
Opened	1925
Closed	May 1997 (for passenger rail service)
Rebuilt	1993 (renovation)
Services
	Template:Amtrak stations 1977-1981 toward Template:Amtrak stations
	Union Pacific Mainline Depot(a.k.a.; Boise Union Pacific Depot)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	43°36′8″N 116°12′47″W / 43.60222°N 116.21306°W
Area	8.7 acres (3.5 ha)
Built	1925
Architect	Cherdron Construction Company,; Carrere, Hastings, Shreve & Lamb
Architectural style	Other, Spanish Colonial
NRHP reference No.	74000730
Added to NRHP	7 August 1974

The Boise Union Pacific Depot is a former train station in Boise, Idaho, United States. It was built in 1925 by the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1990 MK-Morrison Knudsen purchased the depot and renovated it to pristine condition. In 1996, the City of Boise took it over and opened it for tours and special events. It is open to the public on Sunday and Monday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Following the construction of the depot, service by Union Pacific's Portland Rose began with service between Chicago, Illinois and Portland, Oregon.^[4] Union Pacific discontinued the Portland Rose (along with all its passenger rail service) on 1 May 1971, the day Amtrak began operating.^[4]^[5]

Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) began service to the station in 1977 with the Pioneer,^[6] which originally provided service between Salt Lake City, Utah and Seattle, Washington, but was eventually extended further east and provided daily service from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle. Originally the next eastbound stop on the Pioneer was in Mountain Home,^[6] but that station was dropped as a stop in 1981,^[7] so the next eastbound stop was in Shoshone. The next westbound stop was in Nampa.^[6]

The Boise Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 7 August 1974, as the Union Pacific Mainline Depot.^[8] The last passenger train to use the depot was the Pioneer, which ended service in 1997.^[5]

References

^ Boise Depot - City of Boise
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Register of Historic Places: State Listing (Idaho)". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. American Dreams Inc. Retrieved 9 Jan 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Union Pacific Passenger Trains". www.up.com. Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.
^ ^a ^b "History of Boise Depot" (PDF). cityofboise.org. City of Boise. Sep 2011. Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Amtrak (22 Jun 1977). "Amtrak National Train Timetables". timetables.org. Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 54. Retrieved 9 Jan 2014.
^ Amtrak (26 Apr 1981). "Amtrak National Train Timetables". timetables.org. Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 44. Retrieved 9 Jan 2014.
^ "National Register of Historic Places - NPS Focus". United States National Park Service. Retrieved 27 Oct 2009.

External links

[1] Boise Depot - City of Boise

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[3] "National Register of Historic Places: State Listing (Idaho)". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. American Dreams Inc. Retrieved 9 Jan 2014.

[UP-4] "Union Pacific Passenger Trains". www.up.com. Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.

[History-5] "History of Boise Depot" (PDF). cityofboise.org. City of Boise. Sep 2011. Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.

[TT_1977-6] Amtrak (22 Jun 1977). "Amtrak National Train Timetables". timetables.org. Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 54. Retrieved 9 Jan 2014.

[7] Amtrak (26 Apr 1981). "Amtrak National Train Timetables". timetables.org. Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 44. Retrieved 9 Jan 2014.

[8] "National Register of Historic Places - NPS Focus". United States National Park Service. Retrieved 27 Oct 2009.

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