Laredo station
Laredo station was an Amtrak train station in Laredo, Texas. The station was the southern terminus of the Inter-American, the last Amtrak train to serve Laredo, which ran from 1973 to 1981.[1] Passengers could connect with Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México by crossing the border to and from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.[2]: 60
Laredo, TX | |||||||||||
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 Inter-American at Laredo in 1978 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 720 Santa Isabel Street Laredo, Texas[1] United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°30′22″N 99°30′59″W | ||||||||||
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| Closed | October 1, 1981[1] | ||||||||||
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History
Later rail service in Laredo
Passenger rail service briefly returned to Laredo from 1986 to 1989 with the Tex-Mex Express to Corpus Christi, which stopped at a different station. The train only ran on summer weekends and did not connect to the national rail network.[3]
References
- "Amtrak - Laredo, TX". www.trainweb.org. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- Goldberg, Bruce (1981). Amtrak: The First Decade. Silver Spring, MD: Alan Books.
- Ehrlich, Allison (27 May 2021). "#TBT: In 1980s, the Tex-Mex Express train took passengers from Corpus Christi to Laredo". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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