Lamar station (Amtrak)
Lamar, CO | |||||||||||||
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Lamar Amtrak station and Visitor's Center. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Main and Beach Streets Lamar, Colorado | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Lamar | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF La Junta Subdivision | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: LMR | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||||
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| FY 2024 | 1,281[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot | |||||||||||||
| Location | Lamar, Colorado | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 100004186 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 2019 | ||||||||||||
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Lamar station is a train station in Lamar, Colorado served by Amtrak. It is served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief line. It was originally built in 1907 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[2] The current station is designed in a manner similar to that of Garden City station in Kansas, and also serves as the Lamar Visitor's Center. In 2019 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal year 2024: State of Colorado" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
- ^ Lamar, Colorado; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- ^ Reyes, Catherine (October 20, 2019). "Lamar's train depot now on National Register of Historic Places". The Denver Post.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lamar (Amtrak station).
- Lamar, CO – Amtrak
- Lamar, CO – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Lamar Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)
- Colorado Welcome Center at Lamar (Colorado Tourism Office)
- Remembrances of D. K. Spencer (Santa Fe Online Historical Society)