Ashland Transportation Center

Ashland Transportation Center is an intermodal transit station in Ashland, Kentucky. Jointly operated by the City of Ashland and CSX Transportation, it currently serves Amtrak's Cardinal train as well as the Ashland Bus System and Greyhound Lines buses. It is located at 99 15th Street near downtown Ashland.

Ashland, KY
Ashland Transportation Center
Location99 15th Street, Ashland, Kentucky
 United States
Coordinates38°28′51″N 82°38′22″W
Owned byCSX Transportation & City of Ashland[1]
Line(s)CSX Kanawha Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAshland Bus System, Greyhound
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeAKY
History
OpenedMarch 11, 1998
ClosedMarch 24, 1975
(Temporarily to Catlettsburg)
Traffic
Passengers (2017)2,419[2]  2.59%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
South Portsmouth–South Shore
toward Chicago
 Cardinal Huntington
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Cincinnati (River Road)
toward Chicago
 James Whitcomb Riley
1974-1975
 Huntington
toward Washington, D.C.
James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington
1971-1974
 Huntington
toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News

History

The station is located in a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway freight house originally built in the 1890s. Railway services formerly operated out of the Chesapeake and Ohio passenger station nearby (currently a PNC Bank branch). In 1975, Amtrak abandoned the station in favor of nearby Tri-State Station in Catlettsburg. The city purchased the former freight house in 1997 using more than $500,000 in federal funds obtained through the Intermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Act of 1991 in order to restore it as an intermodal transit station serving rail as well as buses.[1] Amtrak moved rail services to the restored facility on March 11, 1998.[3][1]

The station is jointly owned by the City of Ashland and CSX Transportation and is operated in co-operation with the city, Amtrak, Greyhound Lines and the Ashland Bus System. It has an enclosed waiting area with restrooms and water fountains but no Amtrak agent or Amtrak station services, not even a Quik-Trak kiosk. There is a Greyhound ticket agent available at specified times. The station serves Amtrak's Cardinal, trains 50 & 51. The tracks at the station are currently owned by CSX Transportation.

References
  1. "Great American Stations: Ashland, KY (AKY)". Amtrak. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, Commonwealth of Kentucky" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. "State hit by blast of cold temperatures". The Harlan Daily Enterprise. The Associated Press. 12 March 1998. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
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