Longview 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.

For the Amtrak station serving Longview, Washington, see Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center.
Longview, TX
A baggage cart outside Longview in 2008.
Location905 Pacific Avenue
Longview, TX 75602
United States
Coordinates32°29′39″N 94°43′40″W
Owned byCity of Longview
Line(s)Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsThruway Motorcoach
Other information
Station codeLVW
History
Opened1940
Passengers
201928836 [1]  16.15%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Mineola
toward Los Angeles or San Antonio
 Texas Eagle Marshall
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Dallas
toward Laredo or Houston
 Inter-American Marshall
toward Chicago
Official nameLongview Train Depot
Designated2014
Reference no.17982
Location
Longview Station
Location within Texas
Longview Station
Longview Station (the United States)

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 its heyday, it ran several Missouri Pacific and Texas & Pacific trains a day, notably those companies' original Texas Eagle (ended, 1971), which west and south of Longview split into three different sections for different parts of Texas. Until 1963 the Louisiana Eagle went east to Shreveport and New Orleans.[2][3] A successor night train and a successor day train ran on the route to New Orleans as late as 1968.[4]

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.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Amtrak service in Longview, TX" (PDF). Rail Passengers Association. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "Missouri Pacific Lines, Tables 4, 5". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 94 (8). January 1962.
  3. "Texas & Pacific Railway". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 94 (8). January 1962.
  4. "Missouri Pacific Lines, Table 2". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 101 (1). June 1968.
  5. "Longview, Texas". Great American Stations. Retrieved 20 October 2014.


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