Amtrak Station - Alpine, TX
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N 30° 21.426 W 103° 39.688
13R E 628639 N 3359115
The Alpine station is the nearest station to Big Bend National Park.
Waymark Code: WMH4KD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/21/2013
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Built in 1946. Originally a station on the Texas & New Orleans RR. Currently an unmanned Amtrak station.
The following is from the Great American Stations website: "Alpine is serve by a modest 1946 Spanish Mission Revival style station that features light Art Deco detailing. The façade facing the tracks has a projecting center bay with a large window framed by geometric rope detailing. To the side is a small arcade that shelters passengers from the Texas sun. The entire composition is topped by an octagonal cupola with a finial. The building surfaces are covered in tan stucco while architecturally prominent features are highlighted by brownish-red paint. The station was originally commissioned by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. The T&NO was the largest railroad in the state before it was merged into the parent company, Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) in 1961." Source
The following is from the Alpine Historic Walking Tour brochure: The present train station is the fourth depot built on this site. It was constructed after a January 1946 fire destroyed the old structure. The previous depot buildings were destroyed by fires in 1888 and 1901.