Lamar station (Amtrak)

Lamar, CO
Lamar Amtrak station and Visitor's Center.
Location Main and Beach Streets
Lamar, CO 81052
Coordinates 38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W / 38.0897; -102.6185Coordinates: 38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W / 38.0897; -102.6185
Owned by City of Lamar
Line(s) BNSF Railway La Junta Subdivision
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Station code LMR
History
Opened 1907
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 1,879[1] Decrease 2.5%
Services
Lamar Visitor's Center
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Los Angeles
Southwest Chief
toward Chicago
  Former services  
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Martin
toward Los Angeles
Main Line
Morse
toward Los Angeles
Main Line
Major stations
Syracuse, KS

The 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 Railroad, after a long-standing feud between the railroad, and the founder of the former town of Blackwell.[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.

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2016, State of Colorado" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Lamar, Colorado; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
Former AT&SF locomotive on display at Lamar Station.


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