Lake Charles station

Lake Charles is a train station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It is served tri-weekly by Amtrak's Sunset Limited. It is located on 100 Ryan Street at the west end of South Railroad Avenue. Lake Charles station is a decorative and unstaffed waiting room that serves as a replacement for the original Lake Charles Station once located on South Railroad Avenue between Bilbo and Hodges Streets. The iron brackets supporting the station's roof were salvaged from the original Southern Pacific passenger station which served as the Amtrak station.

Eastbound freight train
Lake Charles, LA
Location100 Ryan Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
United States
Coordinates30°14′17.5″N 93°13′01.5″W
Owned byCity of Lake Charles
Line(s)Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsLake Charles Transit
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak code: LCH
History
Opened1992
Traffic
Passengers (2018)3,782[1] 1.69%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Beaumont Sunset Limited Lafayette
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Beaumont Sunset Route New Iberia

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Louisiana" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

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