Tucson (Amtrak station)
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Amtrak
serves the Tucson depot
three times a week with the Sunset Limited
and Texas Eagle
.
The depot was built in 1907 by the Southern Pacific Railroad
. It was designed by the SP's architect, Daniel J. Patterson
who designed a number of depots during the same era, including the San Antonio Station
. In 1998, the City purchased the entire depot property. Restoration of the main depot building and the three adjacent buildings to their 1941 architectural style was completed in 2004. Old Pueblo Trolley
on August 20, 2009 extended their historic streetcar line to the Depot.
Of the eight Arizona stations served by Amtrak, Tucson was the second busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 60 passengers daily. Note that Tucson is served (and has been served in 2010) only by three trains a Week in each direction.
The Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
is located in the old Records Vault building.
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...
serves the Tucson depot
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
three times a week with 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...
and 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...
.
The depot was built in 1907 by the 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....
. It was designed by the SP's architect, Daniel J. Patterson
Daniel J. Patterson
Daniel James Patterson was an American architect around the turn of the 20th century. Much of his work was done for the Southern Pacific Railroad....
who designed a number of depots during the same era, including the San Antonio Station
San Antonio Station
San Antonio Station serves as the Amtrak train station in San Antonio, Texas. It serves two Amtrak lines; the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle...
. In 1998, the City purchased the entire depot property. Restoration of the main depot building and the three adjacent buildings to their 1941 architectural style was completed in 2004. Old Pueblo Trolley
Old Pueblo Trolley
The Old Pueblo Trolley is a heritage streetcar system operating in Tucson in the U.S. state of Arizona.Service is provided Friday evenings, Saturday afternoons and evenings, and Sunday afternoons on over a mile of line recovered from Tucson's original street railway...
on August 20, 2009 extended their historic streetcar line to the Depot.
Of the eight Arizona stations served by Amtrak, Tucson was the second busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 60 passengers daily. Note that Tucson is served (and has been served in 2010) only by three trains a Week in each direction.
The Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
The Southern Arizona Transportation Museum is a railroad museum in Tucson, Arizona.The museum does not charge for admission. Guided tours of the facility are available for a small fee, by appointment only...
is located in the old Records Vault building.