The current station building and adjacent police substation were constructed in 2012 and opened on September 14 of that year. An earlier station building on the site sustained damage in Hurricane Rita in 2005. That building was removed and only a concrete platform was left for six years until the current replacement station was built. A portion of the construction funds for the current station was from $1.2 million in federal stimulus funding.[2] Work was completed in January, 2012.[3][4] The station is constructed of red brick and has an enclosed waiting room. A 550-foot (170 m) platform was also constructed.[5]
The city of Beaumont built a police substation with public restrooms on the site adjacent to the current train station at the same time.[6]
Referencesedit
^"Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^"Amtrak's concrete slab to be replaced with bathroomless station". The Beaumont Enterprise. 23 June 2010. from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
^. kfdm.com. Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Inc. September 17, 2012. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
^Dan Wallach (June 8, 2015). "Meet the man behind Beaumont's Amtrak station". Beaumont Enterprise. Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
^. The Great American Stations. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
^James Shannon (September 20, 2012). . theexaminer.com. The Examiner Corporation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
External linksedit
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Beaumont, TX – Amtrak
Beaumont, TX – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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beaumont, station, confused, with, beaumont, generating, station, amtrak, station, beaumont, texas, served, sunset, limited, beaumont, november, 2015general, informationlocation2555, west, cedar, streetbeaumont, texasunited, statescoordinates30, 07639, 12750, . Not to be confused with Beaumont Generating Station Beaumont station is an Amtrak station in Beaumont Texas served by the Sunset Limited Beaumont TXBeaumont station in November 2015General informationLocation2555 West Cedar StreetBeaumont TexasUnited StatesCoordinates30 04 35 N 94 07 39 W 30 07639 N 94 12750 W 30 07639 94 12750Owned byCity of BeaumontLine s UP Lafayette SubdivisionPlatforms1 side platformTracks2ConnectionsBeaumont Municipal Transit SystemConstructionParking25 long term and 4 short term parking spacesAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak BMTHistoryRebuilt2012PassengersFY 20222 251 1 Amtrak ServicesPreceding station Amtrak Following station Houstontoward Los Angeles Sunset Limited Lake Charlestoward New OrleansFormer servicesPreceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Houston TXtoward Los Angeles Sunset Route Lake Charlestoward New OrleansHistory edit nbsp The Sunset Limited at Beaumont in 1982 The current station building and adjacent police substation were constructed in 2012 and opened on September 14 of that year An earlier station building on the site sustained damage in Hurricane Rita in 2005 That building was removed and only a concrete platform was left for six years until the current replacement station was built A portion of the construction funds for the current station was from 1 2 million in federal stimulus funding 2 Work was completed in January 2012 3 4 The station is constructed of red brick and has an enclosed waiting room A 550 foot 170 m platform was also constructed 5 The city of Beaumont built a police substation with public restrooms on the site adjacent to the current train station at the same time 6 References edit Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2022 State of Texas PDF Amtrak June 2023 Retrieved August 30 2023 Amtrak s concrete slab to be replaced with bathroomless station The Beaumont Enterprise 23 June 2010 Archived from the original on 26 June 2010 Retrieved 27 June 2010 Grand Opening Ceremony for New Amtrak Station kfdm com Sinclair Broadcasting Group Inc September 17 2012 Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved November 11 2015 Dan Wallach June 8 2015 Meet the man behind Beaumont s Amtrak station Beaumont Enterprise Hearst Newspapers II LLC Retrieved November 11 2015 Beaumont TX BMT The Great American Stations Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved November 11 2015 James Shannon September 20 2012 All Aboard Beaumont opens new Amtrak station theexaminer com The Examiner Corporation Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 2 2015 External links edit nbsp Media related to Beaumont station at Wikimedia Commons Beaumont TX Amtrak Beaumont TX Station history at Great American Stations Amtrak Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beaumont station amp oldid 1219965898, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
