Alderson station is an Amtrak station in Alderson, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. It is located at 1 C&O Plaza, and functions as a request stop. The station is a contributing property within the Alderson Historic District, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 12, 1993.[2]
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 Trackside view of the depot. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 C&O Plaza Alderson, West Virginia United States | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°43′27″N 80°38′40″W / 37.72417°N 80.64444°W | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | CSX Alleghany Subdivision | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: ALD | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1896, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Closed | 2001 | ||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 399[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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The wood frame depot, originally built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1896, is typical of a standard station built on the C&O system between 1890 and 1914. It features board and batten walls, decorative brackets, fancy stick work on the gable ends and deep eaves. The railroad enlarged the structure in 1924.[3]
Amtrak began serving the community on April 29, 1979.[4] Between December 4, 2001 and the second half of 2004, service to the station was suspended, partially due to painting that changed the station from white to orange. It was Amtrak's least used station in West Virginia in FY2022.
References
edit- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Alderson, WV, station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Alderson Service (Amtrak NEWS, April 1979)". Amtrak History & Archives. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
External links
edit- Alderson, WV – Amtrak
- Alderson, WV – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Alderson Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Photo of white station at Amtrak Photo Archive
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