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Location | 109 South Commerce Street Culpeper, Virginia United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°28′20″N77°59′36″W / 38.47222°N 77.99333°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | NS Washington District | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: CLP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2022 | 13,816 [1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Culpeper station is a train station in Culpeper, Virginia. It was originally built by the Southern Railway in 1904, replacing an 1874 station house which itself replaced two stations originally built by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. It is currently served by Amtrak's long-distance Cardinal and Crescent routes, along with two daily Northeast Regional trains with final stops in New York or Boston to the north and Roanoke to the south. [2]
When then-owner Norfolk Southern Railway tried to demolish a portion of the depot in 1985, a citizens' committee formed to save the building. In 1995, the town successfully prepared a $700,000 renovation grant under the Virginia Department of Transportation Enhancement Program. Three years later, Norfolk Southern sold the depot to the town, and in 2000 the renovated building opened to the public. Additional work to the freight section was completed in 2003. [3]
Culpeper is an incorporated town in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. The population was 20,062 at the 2020 census, up from 16,379 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Culpeper County.
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