Garden City station (Kansas)

Last updated
Garden City, KS
Garden City (Amtrak station) in 2008.jpg
Garden City station in 2008
General information
Location100 North 7th Street
Garden City, Kansas
Coordinates 37°57′51″N100°52′24″W / 37.9642°N 100.8732°W / 37.9642; -100.8732
Line(s) BNSF La Junta Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections Bus-logo.svg Finney County Transit
Other information
Station code Amtrak: GCK
History
Opened1907
Rebuilt1957, 2002
Passengers
FY 20224,945 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Lamar
toward Los Angeles
Southwest Chief Dodge City
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Holcomb
toward Los Angeles
Main Line Pierceville
toward Chicago
Terminus Garden City  Great Bend Gillespie
toward Great Bend

Garden City station is a train station in Garden City, Kansas, United States, served by the daily Amtrak Southwest Chief . It is located in downtown Garden City along the BNSF Railway La Junta Subdivision. Garden City station was originally built in 1907 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and upon the restoration of 2002, was declared a historic landmark by the Finney County Preservation Alliance.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garden City, Kansas</span> City in Finney County, Kansas

Garden City is a city in, and the county seat of, Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 28,151. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.

<i>Southwest Chief</i> Amtrak service between Chicago and Los Angeles

The Southwest Chief is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile (3,645 km) route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff. Amtrak bills the route as one of its most scenic, with views of the Painted Desert and the Red Cliffs of Sedona, as well as the plains of Iowa, Kansas, and Colorado.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dallas Union Station</span> Main railway station in Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas Union Station, officially Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station, also known as Dallas Union Terminal, is a large intermodal railroad station in Dallas, Texas. It is the third busiest Amtrak station in Texas, behind Fort Worth Central Station and San Antonio station. It serves DART Light Rail Blue and Red lines, Trinity Railway Express commuter rail and Amtrak intercity rail. It is located on Houston Street, between Wood and Young Streets, in the Reunion district of Downtown Dallas. The structure is a Dallas Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<i>Crescent</i> (train) Amtrak service between New York and New Orleans

The Crescent is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern United States. It operates over a 1,377 miles (2,216 km) route between Pennsylvania Station in New York City and Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans as train numbers 19 and 20. Major service stops outside the Northeast Corridor include Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; and Charlotte, North Carolina.

<i>Adirondack</i> (train) Amtrak service between New York City, NY and Montreal, QC

The Adirondack is an intercity rail passenger train operated daily, partially along the Empire Corridor, by Amtrak between New York City and Montreal. Trains take approximately 11 hours to travel the 381 miles (613 km) route through the scenic Hudson Valley and along the eastern border of the Adirondack Mountains. Operation of the Adirondack is supported by the New York State Department of Transportation and Via Rail. Service was suspended in March 2020 due to the closure of the Canadian/American border in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed in spring 2023, and suspended again at the end of June 2023 because of track conditions in Canada.

<i>Kansas City Zephyr</i>

The Kansas City Zephyr was a streamliner passenger train service operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) between Chicago and Kansas City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santa Fe Depot (Oklahoma City)</span>

Santa Fe Depot, also known as the Santa Fe Transit Hub, is a train station located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is served by the Amtrak Heartland Flyer and the Oklahoma City Streetcar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Memphis Central Station</span> Railway station in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Central Station, referred to as Grand Central Station prior to 1944, is a passenger terminal in Memphis, Tennessee. Located along Main Street and G.E. Patterson Boulevard in Downtown Memphis, it currently a service stop for Amtrak's City of New Orleans route, arriving in late evening northbound and in the morning southbound. It is also served by the MATA Trolley system. The building was opened in 1914, and is located within the city's South Main Arts District. It is also an contributing property to the South Main Street Historic District of the National Register of Historic Places, as are the National Civil Rights Museum and other historic properties within the district boundaries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot</span>

The San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot is a Mission Revival Style passenger rail terminal in San Bernardino, California, United States. It has been the primary station for the city, serving Amtrak today, and the Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railroads in the past. Until the mid-20th century, the Southern Pacific Railroad had a station 3/4 of a mile away. It currently serves one Amtrak and two Metrolink lines. The depot is a historical landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger and Freight Depot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pontiac station (Illinois)</span>

Pontiac station is an Amtrak train station in Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Pontiac station is served by the Illinois-focused Lincoln Service between Chicago Union Station and the Gateway Transportation Center in St. Louis, Missouri and the long-distance Texas Eagle between Chicago and Los Angeles Union Station. Until April 2007, Pontiac was also served by the Ann Rutledge, a train from Chicago to Kansas City Union Station. Pontiac station boasts a single, low-level side platform for trains, along with a station depot for passengers. The station also has a wheelchair lift and handicap-accessibility per the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texarkana Union Station</span> Historic train station on the Arkansas-Texas border, USA

Texarkana Union Station is a historic train station in the Texarkana metropolitan area serving Amtrak, the United States' national passenger rail system. The Arkansas-Texas border bisects the structure; the eastern part, including the waiting room and ticket office, are in Texarkana, Arkansas, but the western part is in Texarkana, Texas, meaning stopped trains span both states. The station was built in 1928 and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Today it is the second busiest Amtrak station in Arkansas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Temple station (Texas)</span> Train station in Temple, Texas

Temple is a train station in Temple, Texas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station was originally built as an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. East of the station on another railroad line through Temple, a former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad depot can be found, as the nexus for trains bound for Waco, San Antonio and Houston.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawrence station (Kansas)</span> Railway station in Lawrence, Kansas, US

Lawrence station is a train station in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief train. Built in 1956 to replace an older station, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018 as Santa Fe Depot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Topeka station</span>

Topeka station is an Amtrak train station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, served by the Southwest Chief train. The station was built in 1948 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as a replacement for the former Topeka Harvey House, which was in use from 1878 to 1940. The existing station was remodeled by the BNSF Railway in 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newton station (Kansas)</span>

Newton station is a train station in Newton, Kansas, United States, served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief train. It is the nearest station to Kansas' largest city, Wichita.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hutchinson station</span> Train station in Kansas, United States

Hutchinson station is a train station in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States, served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief train. Hutchinson station was originally a Victorian structure built in 1897 that was replaced by a more contemporary brick depot in 1950. Both buildings were built and owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The original station included The Bisonte, a Harvey House.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dodge City station</span>

Dodge City station is an Amtrak train station in Dodge City, Kansas, United States, served by the daily Southwest Chief.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lamar station (Amtrak)</span> Train station in Lamar, Colorado, United States

Lamar station is a train station in Lamar, Colorado served by Amtrak. It is served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief line. It was originally built in 1907 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The current station is designed in a manner similar to that of Garden City station in Kansas, and also serves as the Lamar Visitor's Center. In 2019 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

<i>Missouri River Runner</i> Amtrak service between Kansas City and St. Louis, MO

The Missouri River Runner is a 283-mile (455 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak in Missouri between Gateway Transportation Center in St. Louis and Union Station in Kansas City. The eastern half of the route runs largely along the right bank of the Missouri River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kansas City Union Station</span> Historic train station in Kansas City

Kansas City Union Station is a union station opened in 1914, serving Kansas City, Missouri, and the surrounding metropolitan area. It replaced a small Union Depot from 1878. Union Station served a peak annual traffic of more than 670,000 passengers in 1945 at the end of World War II, quickly declined in the 1950s, and was closed in 1985.

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Kansas" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Garden City station (Kansas) at Wikimedia Commons