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Las Vegas (Amtrak station)
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The Las Vegas Amtrak station is located at Railroad Street & Lincoln Avenue in Las Vegas, New Mexico
. The station is near the Hotel Castañeda, a former hotel built by Fred Harvey for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. The architects were Frederick Roehrig
and A. Reinsch and it is the oldest Mission Revival Style building in the state of New Mexico
, opening for business on January 1, 1899. Though the hotel has been closed since 1948, the bar is still said to be operational as of 2002.
Of the seven New Mexico stations served by Amtrak, Las Vegas was the fifth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 12 passengers daily.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Las Vegas is a city in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Once two separate municipalities both named Las Vegas, west Las Vegas and east Las Vegas , divided by the Gallinas River, retain distinct characters and separate, rival school districts. The population was 14,565 at the 2000...
. The station is near the Hotel Castañeda, a former hotel built by Fred Harvey for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. The architects were Frederick Roehrig
Frederick Roehrig
Frederick Louis Roehrig was an early 20th-century American architect. Roehrig was born in LeRoy, New York, the son of the noted "orientalist and philoligist," Frederick L.O. Roehrig He graduated from Cornell University in 1883 and also studied architecture in England and France...
and A. Reinsch and it is the oldest Mission Revival Style building in the state of New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
, opening for business on January 1, 1899. Though the hotel has been closed since 1948, the bar is still said to be operational as of 2002.
Of the seven New Mexico stations served by Amtrak, Las Vegas was the fifth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 12 passengers daily.