San Antonio station hosts two long-distance Amtrak services: the tri-weekly Sunset Limited and the daily Texas Eagle. Four days a week, San Antonio is the southern terminus of the Texas Eagle, which originates in Chicago. The Texas Eagle joins with the Sunset Limited three days a week, continuing westbound to Los Angeles. It is the second busiest Amtrak station in Texas, behind Fort Worth Central Station.[2]
Amtrak moved operations in 1998 to a smaller depot that was built adjacent to the older Sunset Station. Under its owner, VIA Metropolitan Transit, the historic Sunset Station underwent an extensive restoration and now serves as an entertainment complex. The station also neighbors the Alamodome and the Robert Thompson Transit Station.
A preserved2-8-2 Baldwin "Mikado"steam locomotive, Southern Pacific No. 794 was donated to the City of San Antonio at the end of its service life in 1956, and placed on static display at nearby Maverick Park for decades before being relocated to the station in January 1999. Since September 2008, it has been under the care of volunteers from the San Antonio Railroad Heritage Museum.[3]
Postcard view of the 1902-built Sunset Station, the first San Antonio station.
Southern Pacific 794 on static display at the station.
Referencesedit
^"Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
antonio, station, texas, confused, with, antonio, station, caltrain, antonio, station, amtrak, railroad, station, located, eastern, portion, downtown, antonio, antonio, texas, antonio, txgeneral, informationlocation350, hoefgen, streetsan, antonio, texasunited. Not to be confused with San Antonio station Caltrain San Antonio station is an Amtrak railroad station located on the eastern portion of Downtown San Antonio in San Antonio Texas San Antonio TXGeneral informationLocation350 Hoefgen StreetSan Antonio TexasUnited StatesCoordinates29 25 12 N 98 28 40 W 29 42000 N 98 47778 W 29 42000 98 47778Owned byAmtrakLine s UP Del Rio SubdivisionPlatforms1 side amp 1 island platformTracks2ConnectionsAmtrak ThruwayConstructionParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak SASHistoryOpened1998PassengersFY 202245 419 1 Amtrak ServicesPreceding station Amtrak Following station Del Riotoward Los Angeles Sunset Limited Houstontoward New Orleans Texas Eagle San Marcostoward ChicagoFormer servicesPreceding station Amtrak Following station LaredoTerminus Inter American San Marcostoward Chicago Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Spoffordtoward Los Angeles Sunset Route Flatoniatoward New OrleansSouthern Pacific Railroad Passenger StationU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of TexasShow map of the United StatesBuilt1902ArchitectDaniel J PattersonArchitectural styleSpanish MissionNRHP reference No 75001955Added to NRHPMay 29 1975Location San Antonio station hosts two long distance Amtrak services the tri weekly Sunset Limited and the daily Texas Eagle Four days a week San Antonio is the southern terminus of the Texas Eagle which originates in Chicago The Texas Eagle joins with the Sunset Limited three days a week continuing westbound to Los Angeles It is the second busiest Amtrak station in Texas behind Fort Worth Central Station 2 History editAmtrak previously used the historic Southern Pacific Railroad SP Station also known as Sunset Station It was designed by SP s architect Daniel J Patterson in the Spanish Mission Revival style and built in 1902 by the SP The train station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 Amtrak moved operations in 1998 to a smaller depot that was built adjacent to the older Sunset Station Under its owner VIA Metropolitan Transit the historic Sunset Station underwent an extensive restoration and now serves as an entertainment complex The station also neighbors the Alamodome and the Robert Thompson Transit Station A preserved 2 8 2 Baldwin Mikado steam locomotive Southern Pacific No 794 was donated to the City of San Antonio at the end of its service life in 1956 and placed on static display at nearby Maverick Park for decades before being relocated to the station in January 1999 Since September 2008 it has been under the care of volunteers from the San Antonio Railroad Heritage Museum 3 nbsp Postcard view of the 1902 built Sunset Station the first San Antonio station nbsp Southern Pacific 794 on static display at the station References edit Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2022 State of Texas PDF Amtrak June 2023 Retrieved August 30 2023 Amtrak State of Texas factsheet Fiscal Year 2019 page 1 https www amtrak com content dam projects dotcom english public documents corporate statefactsheets TEXAS19 pdf Southern Pacific Locomotive 794 San Antonio Railroad Heritage Museum Retrieved January 19 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Antonio Station San Antonio TX Amtrak San Antonio TX Station history at Great American Stations Amtrak Texaseagle com San Antonio Amtrak station for Texas Eagle line information Archived November 19 2006 at the Wayback Machine Profile of San Antonio Station Archived December 11 2004 at the Wayback Machine Official Sunset Station complex webpage Austin Steam Train Association Train Web USA Rail Guide San Antonio Amtrak Station amp Sunset Depot nbsp nbsp This Texas train station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a property in Texas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title San Antonio station Texas amp oldid 1219829249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
