Parking Yes Passengers (2013) 5,204 13% Platforms in use 1 | Tracks 2 Station code WSS Phone +1 800-872-7245 | |
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Location 315 West Main StreetWhite Sulphur Springs, WV 24986 Address 315 W Main St, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986, USA Similar Alderson, The Greenbrier, Clifton Forge, Hinton station, Prince station | ||
White Sulphur Springs is a railway station in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, served by Amtrak, the national passenger railway. The station is a stop on Amtrak's Cardinal route.
History
The station was built in 1930 or 1931 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) to serve passengers on the new Pullman rail coaches to the resort hotel. The current brick building replaced a wooden structure that was built in the early 1900s. It is directly across from the entrance to The Greenbrier Hotel grounds.
The original cottages that eventually expanded to a resort property known as the Old White Hotel, was purchased by C&O in 1910. The hotel was renovated and reopened in 1913 as the Greenbrier. The hotel became a showcase for the railroad company and it was promoted in C&O's timetables and literature. Tracks behind the station were used for parking business-owned and private cars of the wealthy patrons that came to the hotel.
The station building now serves as resort hotel's own Christmas gift shop. The station's peppermint-striped paint job makes it unique among other Amtrak stations.