Greensburg station
Greensburg is an Amtrak railway station located approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Pittsburgh at Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The station is located just north of the city center. It is served only by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once daily in each direction.
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Location | Harrison Avenue & Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | StoneKim Properties LLC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Keystone Corridor (Pittsburgh Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Westmoreland County Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | GNB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1912 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2017 | 13,634[1] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greensburg Railroad Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() The Greensburg station house. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | William H. Cookman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Jacobean Revival | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 77001202[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | November 7, 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History
The station was opened in 1912 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of a project to elevate the right-of-way as it passed through Greensburg. William Holmes Cookman served as architect.[3] The depot is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern with stone trim and quoins on the building's corners; the overall architectural style is Jacobean Revival. A tall square clock tower is topped by a copper ogee dome with finial. Ornamented parapets with center cartouches and corner finials surround the dome.[4]
From March to November, 1981, the station was the eastern terminus of PennDOT's Parkway Limited train, which took commuters to Pittsburgh. Until 2005, Greensburg was served by the Three Rivers (a replacement service for the Broadway Limited), an extended version of the Pennsylvanian that terminated in Chicago. Its cancellation marked the first time in Greensburg's railway history that the town was served by a single daily passenger train. The small shelter that serves as the present station has no ticket office.
The station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.[5] The historic station now houses a restaurant.[6]
Westmoreland County Transit Authority's transit center is approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the train station. All WCTA bus routes pass through Greensburg Station at the transit center. Greyhound also has a bus stop at the WCTA transit center.
Gallery
- View from Pennsylvania Avenue
- Train Station Portico
References
- "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2017, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 192. ISBN 978-0471143895.
- "Greensburg Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- Westmoreland County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #77001202)
- "Greensburg Train Station to get new restaurant". The Tribune-Review. Trib Total Media Inc. 2010-04-02. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
External links
Media related to Greensburg (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Greensburg, PA – Amtrak
- Greensburg Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide - TrainWeb)
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-249, "Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA", 3 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- Greensburg, PA (GNB) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)