Longview station
Longview | |||||||||||
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 A baggage cart outside Longview in 2008. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 905 Pacific Avenue Longview, TX 75602 United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°29′39″N 94°43′40″W / 32.494144°N 94.727680°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Longview | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Thruway Motorcoach | ||||||||||
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| Station code | LVW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1940 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 38,365[1]  7.1% | ||||||||||
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Longview is a train station in Longview, Texas, United States. It was served by Amtrak and was originally built by the Texas & Pacific Railway.
The Longview station also serves as the train-bus transfer point for passengers destined to two Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach routes. One route provides Texas Eagle connecting service to Nacogdoches, Houston and Galveston, Texas; the other route provides connecting nonstop service between Longview and Shreveport, Louisiana.
Opened in 1940, the red brick depot replaced an 1874 structure. Its Colonial Revival style, popular in the early 20th century, includes stylized quoins, brick cornice and grey stone trim used to highlight the coping, keystones and lintels. In early 2013, the city broke ground on a $2.2 million project to transform the depot into a multimodal transportation center. During the renovation, workers installed new dormers and the open-air waiting room was recreated. The project was largely funded through a Transportation Enhancement grant from the Federal Highway Administration, matched by city funds.[2]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Longview, Texas". Great American Stations. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
External links
Media related to Longview (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons- Amtrak Texas Eagle Stations - Longview, TX
- Longview, TX – Amtrak
- Longview, TX – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Longview, Texas (LVW); Great American Stations
- Longview Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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