Longview station

For the Amtrak station serving Longview, Washington, see Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center.

Longview
File:Longview Texas Amtrak station 2.jpg A baggage cart outside Longview in 2008.
Location	905 Pacific Avenue Longview, TX 75602 United States
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Longview
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Thruway Motorcoach
Other information
Station code	LVW
History
Opened	1940
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	38,365  7.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Mineola toward San Antonio or Los Angeles Texas Eagle Marshall toward Chicago

Longview is a train station in Longview, Texas, United States. It was served by Amtrak and was originally built by the Texas & Pacific Railway.

The Longview station also serves as the train-bus transfer point for passengers destined to two Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach routes. One route provides Texas Eagle connecting service to Nacogdoches, Houston and Galveston, Texas; the other route provides connecting nonstop service between Longview and Shreveport, Louisiana.

Opened in 1940, the red brick depot replaced an 1874 structure. Its Colonial Revival style, popular in the early 20th century, includes stylized quoins, brick cornice and grey stone trim used to highlight the coping, keystones and lintels. In early 2013, the city broke ground on a $2.2 million project to transform the depot into a multimodal transportation center. During the renovation, workers installed new dormers and the open-air waiting room was recreated. The project was largely funded through a Transportation Enhancement grant from the Federal Highway Administration, matched by city funds.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Amtrak Texas Eagle Stations - Longview, TX

• Amtrak – Stations – Longview, TX
• Longview, Texas (LVW); Great American Stations
• Longview Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)