Benson, Arizona (Amtrak Station)
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The Benson, Arizona (BEN) is located at 105 East 4th Street in Benson, Arizona
, USA.
Benson is a flag stop on the Sunset Limited
, combined with the Texas Eagle
as it passes through Benson 3 days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday westbound; Monday, Thursday and Saturday eastbound. As of January 2008 there are no facilities for Amtrak passengers other than a metal shelter. The nearby Southern Pacific Railroad
Depot replica has been used as a tourist information center.
Of the eight Arizona stations served by Amtrak, Benson was the eighth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 3 passengers daily.
Benson, Arizona
-Transportation:Benson Airport is located 3 miles north west of the city.Benson is served by Interstate 10 to the north, which travels directly to downtown Tucson....
, USA.
Benson is a flag stop on the Sunset Limited
Sunset Limited
The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California, and that from early 1993 through late August 2005 also ran east of New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida, making it during that time the only true transcontinental...
, combined with the Texas Eagle
Texas Eagle
The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles total, three days a week...
as it passes through Benson 3 days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday westbound; Monday, Thursday and Saturday eastbound. As of January 2008 there are no facilities for Amtrak passengers other than a metal shelter. The nearby Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
Depot replica has been used as a tourist information center.
Of the eight Arizona stations served by Amtrak, Benson was the eighth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 3 passengers daily.