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Line(s)
  
Union Pacific Railroad

Station code
  
ALP

Opened
  
1946

Platforms in use
  
1

Tracks
  
1

Passengers (2015)
  
4,969  4.5%

Phone
  
+1 800-872-7245

Alpine station

Location
  
102 West Holland StreetAlpine, TX 79830United States

Address
  
102 W Holland Ave, Alpine, TX 79830, USA

Similar
  
Sanderson station, The Holland Hotel, Union Depot, Del Rio station, Houston station

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Alpine is an Amtrak station in Alpine, Texas, served by the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes. It is not staffed and has partial wheelchair accessibility, an enclosed waiting area, public payphones, and parking. It is located at 102 West Holland Street, is less than a mile from Sul Ross State University, and is also the nearest station to Big Bend National Park.

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History

The depot, commissioned in 1946 by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, was built in the Spanish Mission Revival style with light Art Deco detailing. The façade facing the tracks has a projecting center bay with a large window framed by geometric rope detailing. An octagonal cupola with a finial tops the building.

Notable places nearby

  • Big Bend National Park
  • McDonald Observatory
  • Sul Ross State University
  • References

    Alpine station Wikipedia


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