Lamy station

Lamy is an Amtrak station at Santa Fe County Road 33, 152 Old Lamy Trail in Lamy, New Mexico, United States. It is served by the Southwest Chief train.

Lamy, NM
Lamy Amtrak/Santa Fe Southern station
LocationSanta Fe County Road 33
152 Old Lamy Trail
Lamy, NM 87540
Coordinates35.4809°N 105.8800°W / 35.4809; -105.8800
Line(s)BNSF Railway Glorieta Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsThruway Motorcoach
Other information
Station codeLMY
History
RebuiltDecember 1908c.July 1909[1][2]
Passengers
20199,064[3] 6.85%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Albuquerque Southwest Chief Las Vegas
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Twitchell Main Line Glorieta
toward Chicago
Santa Fe
Terminus
Santa Fe Branch Terminus
Preceding station Santa Fe Southern Railway Following station
Santa Fe
Terminus
Santa Fe–Lamy
(Ceased operation in 2014)
Terminus

It served as the southern terminus for the Santa Fe Southern Railway until 2014.[4] The station was built in 1909 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It appears in a 1954 educational Encyclopædia Britannica film called The Passenger Train, produced by Milan Herzog.[5] It also appears in the Bollywood film Kites starring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori.

Since the 1960s, the station has also served as the intercity link for the state capital of Santa Fe, 18 miles to the north.

Routes

See also

References

  1. "New Depot at Lamy and Santa Fe". Santa Fe New Mexican. December 12, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved January 4, 2019 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Work on New $25,000 Harvey Hotel at Lamy Will Begin Today; Another New Railway Station for Las Cruces". The Albuquerque Journal. July 12, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved January 4, 2019 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2019, State of New Mexico" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. "Santa Fe Southern owner: End of line for tourist trains to Lamy". Santa Fe New Mexican. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  5. The Passenger Train (Second Edition), Encyclopedia Britannica Films (Internet Archive). Accessed March 8, 2019.


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