San Antonio station (Texas)
San Antonio, TX | |||||||||||||||
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350 Hoefgen Street San Antonio, Texas United States | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | VIA Metropolitan Transit | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side & 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Thruway Motorcoach | ||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak code: SAS | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||||
Passengers (2017) |
57,048[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station | |||||||||||||||
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Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°25′12″N 98°28′40″W / 29.42000°N 98.47778°WCoordinates: 29°25′12″N 98°28′40″W / 29.42000°N 98.47778°W | ||||||||||||||
Built | 1902 | ||||||||||||||
Architect | Daniel J. Patterson | ||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Spanish Mission | ||||||||||||||
NRHP reference # | 75001955 | ||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1975 |
San Antonio is an Amtrak railroad station located on the eastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas.
Service
San Antonio Station serves two Amtrak lines; the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle. Two days a week, San Antonio serves as the southern terminus of the Texas Eagle, which originates in Chicago. Three days a week, the Texas Eagle joins with the Sunset Limited, continuing westbound to Los Angeles.
San Antonio Station provides an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach route serving Harlingen, Brownsville, and McAllen, Texas.
History
Amtrak previously utilized the historic Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) Station, that was also known as the Sunset Station. It was designed by SP's architect Daniel J. Patterson in the Spanish Mission Revival style, and built in 1902 by the SP. The train station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Amtrak moved operations in 1998 to a smaller depot that was built adjacent to the older Sunset Station. Under its owner, VIA Metropolitan Transit, the historic Sunset Station underwent an extensive restoration and now serves as an entertainment complex. The station also neighbors the Alamodome. There is even a preserved 2-8-2 Baldwin "Mikado" steam locomotive that had belonged to the Southern Pacific railroad, was donated to the City of San Antonio at the end of its service life in 1956, and placed on static display at nearby Maverick Park for many years before being relocated to the station. Another "Mikado", donated simultaneously to the City of Austin, is operated on excursion trains for live steam enthusiasts by the Austin Steam Train Association.
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
External links
- Amtrak – Stations – San Antonio, TX
- Profile of San Antonio Station
- Official Sunset Station complex webpage
- Austin Steam Train Association
- Train Web, USA Rail Guide: San Antonio Amtrak Station & Sunset Depot
- San Antonio (SAS) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)