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Owned by
  
City of Longview

Tracks
  
2

Station code
  
LVW

Phone
  
+1 800-872-7245

Platforms in use
  
1

Line(s)
  
Union Pacific Railroad

Connections
  
Thruway Motorcoach

Opened
  
1940

Connection
  
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach

Longview station

Location
  
905 Pacific Avenue Longview, TX 75602 United States

Address
  
905 Texas and Pacific Rlwy, Longview, TX 75602, USA

Similar
  
Texas and Pacific Railroad, Mineola station, Houston station, McGregor station, Union Station

Longview is a train station in Longview, Texas, United States. It is served by Amtrak and was originally built by the Texas & Pacific Railway.

The Longview station also serves as the train-bus transfer point for passengers destined to two Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach routes. One route provides Texas Eagle connecting service to Nacogdoches, Houston and Galveston, Texas; the other route provides connecting nonstop service between Longview and Shreveport, Louisiana.

Opened in 1940, the red brick depot replaced an 1874 structure. Its Colonial Revival style, popular in the early 20th century, includes stylized quoins, brick cornice and grey stone trim used to highlight the coping, keystones and lintels. In early 2013, the city broke ground on a $2.2 million project to transform the depot into a multimodal transportation center. During the renovation, workers installed new dormers and the open-air waiting room was recreated. The project was largely funded through a Transportation Enhancement grant from the Federal Highway Administration, matched by city funds.

References

Longview station Wikipedia