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Charleston station (West Virginia)

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Owned by
  
General Corporation

Platforms
  
1 side platform

Connections
  
KRT

Area
  
2,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
26 October 1984

Line(s)
  
Cardinal

Tracks
  
2

Opened
  
1905

Phone
  
+1 800-872-7245

Charleston station (West Virginia)

Location
  
350 MacCorkle Avenue SE Charleston, WV 25314

Address
  
350 S Side Bridge, Charleston, WV 25314, USA

Connection
  
Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority

Similar
  
West Virginia State Cap, North Charleston station, Charleston Civic Center, Huntington station, Clay Center

Charleston is an Amtrak station in Charleston, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. The station was originally owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. In September 2010, the station was purchased by General Corporation, a commercial real estate company based in Charleston. The station is located on the south bank of the Kanawha River, opposite downtown Charleston which lies on the north bank. Much of the station's outdoor space is covered by the South Side Bridge which allows both vehicular and pedestrian traffic to access the downtown areas. A fine dining establishment, Laury's Restaurant, occupies much of the station's interior.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and part of the South Hills Multiple Resource Area. It is a two-story, brick and stone structure in the Neo-Classical Revival style. The facade features a shallow pavilion of paired Roman Doric columns facing the Kanawha River. It also has a low hipped, tile-covered roof with bracketed deep eaves.

References

Charleston station (West Virginia) Wikipedia