La Plata station is an Amtrak train station in La Plata, Missouri, United States and is a passenger stop for Amtrak's Southwest Chief long-distance route between Chicago and Los Angeles. It was built in 1945 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as a replacement for an 1887-built, 1888-opened passenger and freight depot that was in deteriorating condition. Efforts to replace the station were stalled by a lack of construction material during World War II. The 1945 replacement was built in Art Deco style, and was restored between 1996 and 2001 by local preservationists, a model railroad club, and a garden club. The station was upgraded again in 2022 with upgrades done to the station building and the platform to bring it into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.[4] It also hosts 2 Virtual Railfan cameras.[5]
La Plata, MO
The La Plata station in November 2015 as seen from the coach of a Southwest Chief
^"The Santa Fe". The La Plata Home Press. January 6, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"County Fair at La Plata Opens Today". Kirksville Daily Express. Kirksville, Missouri. September 20, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021: State of Missouri" (PDF). Amtrak. August 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
^"La Plata Amtrak Station gets $6 million worth of upgrades". KTVO. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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