Culpeper station

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Culpeper, VA
Amtrak Station in Culpeper VA.jpg
General information
Location109 South Commerce Street
Culpeper, Virginia
United States
Coordinates 38°28′20″N77°59′36″W / 38.47222°N 77.99333°W / 38.47222; -77.99333
Line(s) NS Washington District
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: CLP
Passengers
FY 202317,386 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Charlottesville
toward Chicago
Cardinal Manassas
toward New York
Charlottesville
toward New Orleans
Crescent
Charlottesville
toward Roanoke
Northeast Regional Manassas
Former services
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
Orange
toward Cincinnati
Main Line Calverton
Preceding station Southern Railway Following station
Winston
toward Birmingham
Main Line Inlet
Location
Culpeper station

Culpeper station is a train station in Culpeper, Virginia. It was built in 1904 by the Southern Railway, 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]

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References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  2. "Amtrak Virginia announces new Northeast Regional service".
  3. "Culpeper, VA station". Great American Stations. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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