Lafayette, IN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 200 North 2nd Street Lafayette, Indiana United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Lafayette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | CSX Lafayette Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | CityBus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: LAF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2023 | 5,908 [1] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Big Four Depot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°25′7″N86°53′44″W / 40.41861°N 86.89556°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 8 acres (3 ha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Buckeye Chum Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Romanesque | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 03000548 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 2003 |
Lafayette station is an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Indiana, served by the Cardinal . The current station facility was established in 1994. The Amtrak train previously stopped in the middle of the city's 5th Street, near the former Monon Railroad depot. [3] The station building was moved to its current location from the southeast corner of 2nd and South streets in September 1994. [4] It is a Romanesque Revival style depot built in 1902 by the Lake Erie and Western Railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, [5] as the Big Four Depot. [6] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [2]
The building is an example of early twentieth century commercial architecture. It is one of two such structures in Indiana. It became part of the New York Central System, serving passengers through Lafayette between Cincinnati and Chicago. Lafayette was a major stop on this main artery of transportation for the NYC. [7] Several trains operated through the station in earlier years of Amtrak, examples being the Floridian , James Whitcomb Riley and the Kentucky Cardinal.
The Monon Railroad, also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway from 1897 to 1971, was an American railroad that operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1971, and much of the former Monon right of way is owned today by CSX Transportation. In 1970, it operated 540 miles (870 km) of road on 792 miles (1,275 km) of track; that year it reported 1320 million ton-miles of revenue freight and zero passenger-miles.
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Downtown Lafayette Historic District is a national historic district located at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Lafayette began in 1825 as a transportation center for the west central area of Indiana. Its development and growth reflects the changes in transportation over the intervening years. From its location along the Wabash River, it grew first with river travel then for a short while from the Wabash and Erie Canal. When the railroads arrived in the 1850s, the town began to grow, initially along the rail lines. The Downtown Lafayette Historic District reflects these early changes.
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