Lamar station (Amtrak)

For the light rail station in Lakewood, Colorado, see Lamar station (RTD).

Lamar, CO
Lamar Amtrak station and Visitor's Center.
General information
Location	Main and Beach Streets Lamar, Colorado
Coordinates	38°05′23″N102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W / 38.0897; -102.6185
Owned by	City of Lamar
Line(s)	BNSF La Junta Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: LMR
History
Opened	1907
Passengers
FY 2024	1,281 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station La Junta toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Garden City toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station Prowers toward Los Angeles Main Line Granada toward Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Lamar, Colorado
NRHP reference No.	100004186
Added to NRHP	July 19, 2019
Location

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. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

See also

• List of Amtrak stations

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal year 2024: State of Colorado" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
2. Lamar, Colorado; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
3. Reyes, Catherine (October 20, 2019). "Lamar's train depot now on National Register of Historic Places". The Denver Post.

External links

• Lamar, CO – Amtrak
• Lamar, CO – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Lamar Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)
• Colorado Welcome Center at Lamar (Colorado Tourism Office)
• Remembrances of D. K. Spencer (Santa Fe Online Historical Society)

Former AT&SF #1819 on display at Lamar station