Longview station

Longview station

This article is about the Amtrak station in Longview, Texas. For the Amtrak station serving Longview, Washington, see Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center.

Longview, TX
A baggage cart outside Longview in 2008.
General information
Location	905 Pacific Avenue Longview, Texas United States
Coordinates	32°29′39″N 94°43′40″W
Owned by	City of Longview
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Amtrak Thruway
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: LVW
History
Opened	1940
Passengers
FY 2023	44,876 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Mineola toward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Marshall toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Dallas toward Laredo or Houston Inter-American Marshall toward Chicago Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station Greggton toward El Paso Texas and Pacific Railway Main Line Hallsville toward New Orleans Kilgore toward Galveston Galveston – Longview Terminus
Proposed services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Mineola toward Fort Worth Crescent Proposed Texas Section Marshall toward New York
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Official name	Longview Train Depot
Designated	2014
Reference no.	17982
Location

Longview station is a train station in Longview, Texas, United States. It is 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 its heyday, it ran several Missouri Pacific and Texas & Pacific trains a day, notably those companies' original Texas Eagle (ended, 1971), which west and south of Longview split into three different sections for different parts of Texas. Until 1963 the Louisiana Eagle went east to Shreveport and New Orleans. A successor night train and a successor day train ran on the route to New Orleans as late as 1968.

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.

See also

• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Gregg County

External links

Media related to Longview (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Longview, TX – Amtrak
• Longview, TX – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Longview, TX – Texas Eagle (Amtrak) Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Longview Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)