Ardmore station (Oklahoma)
Ardmore is a train station in Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States. It is served by Amtrak's Heartland Flyer train. It is located downtown at 251 East Main Street, and is fully wheelchair accessible. Most of the depot is used as an event center, but a waiting room in the back is open to passengers thirty minutes before the train is scheduled to arrive.
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![]() The Ardmore station platform in February 2017 with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station on the left. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 251 East Main Street Ardmore, Oklahoma United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34.1721°N 97.1255°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Ardmore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Railway Red Rock Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak code: ADM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | November 16, 1915–August 7, 1917[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 27, 1915 | Station depot exploded[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | 7,287[4] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY 2021 | 4,110[5] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1917, replacing a 1909-built station which had been destroyed by an explosion on September 27, 1915.[3] The Rock Island Railroad also used the depot, and their logo is still visible on the opposite side from the tracks.
Gallery
- The Ardmore station
- Baggage cart and timetable at the station in 1974.
- Closeup of the timetable
- Amtrak's Lone Star at the station in 1974.
- The Heartland Flyer making a stop at the station in January 2003.
References
- "New Ardmore Station". Muskogee Times-Democrat. November 16, 1915. p. 10. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "New Union Station Opened This Afternoon". The Daily Ardmoreite. August 7, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- United Press International (September 30, 1915). "Ardmore Explosion Claims Many Lives". The Choctaw Herald. Hugo, Oklahoma. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021: State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. August 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
External links
Media related to Ardmore station (Oklahoma) at Wikimedia Commons
- Ardmore, OK – Amtrak
- Ardmore, OK – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Texas Eagle page
- Amtrak Stations Database
- Ardmore, Oklahoma Depot (Santa Fe Surviving Depots)
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