Arkadelphia, AR | |||||||||||||
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Location | 798 South 5th Street Arkadelphia, Arkansas United States | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°06′51″N93°03′10″W / 34.11417°N 93.05278°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
Connections | South Central Arkansas Transit | ||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: ARK | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1917 | ||||||||||||
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FY 2022 | 956 [1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot-Arkadelphia | |||||||||||||
Location | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | ||||||||||||
MPS | Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 92000599 | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 11, 1992 | ||||||||||||
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