Garden City (Amtrak station)
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The Garden City Amtrak station is a train station in Garden City
, Kansas
, United States
served by Amtrak
, the national railroad passenger system. 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 Railroad and upon the restoration of 2002, was declared a historic landmark by the Finney County Preservation Alliance.
Of the six Kansas stations served by Amtrak, Garden City was the third busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 19 passengers daily.
Garden City, Kansas
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
served by Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
, the national railroad passenger system. It is located in downtown Garden City along the BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
La Junta Subdivision
BNSF La Junta Subdivision
The La Junta Subdivision is a railway line owned, maintained and operated by the BNSF Railway. The line stretches for 395 miles across the south-central and southwestern parts of Kansas and the southeastern part of Colorado...
. Garden City Station was originally built in 1907 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and upon the restoration of 2002, was declared a historic landmark by the Finney County Preservation Alliance.
Of the six Kansas stations served by Amtrak, Garden City was the third busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 19 passengers daily.