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Lake Charles station

Coordinates: 30°14′17.5″N 93°13′01.5″W / 30.238194°N 93.217083°W / 30.238194; -93.217083
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Lake Charles, LA
General information
Location100 Ryan Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
United States
Coordinates30°14′17.5″N 93°13′01.5″W / 30.238194°N 93.217083°W / 30.238194; -93.217083
Owned byCity of Lake Charles
Line(s)Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsLake Charles Transit
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak code: LCH
History
Opened1992
Passengers
20173,856[1]Increase 5.12%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
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Lake Charles is a train station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It is served tri-weekly by Amtrak's Sunset Limited. It is located on 100 Ryan Street at the west end of South Railroad Avenue. Lake Charles station is a decorative and unstaffed waiting room that serves as a replacement for the original Lake Charles Station once located on South Railroad Avenue between Bilbo and Hodges Streets. The iron brackets supporting the station's roof were salvaged from the original Southern Pacific passenger station which served as the Amtrak station.

Eastbound freight train

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Louisiana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

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