Greensburg station

Greensburg
Location	Harrison Ave. & Seton Hill Dr. Greensburg, PA 15601
Coordinates	40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W / 40.30444°N 79.54667°W
Owned by	StoneKim Properties LLC
Line(s)	Pennsylvanian
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Westmoreland County Transit Authority
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GNB
History
Opened	1912
Rebuilt	1995
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	14,773[1]  1.7%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Pittsburgh Terminus Pennsylvanian Latrobe toward New York City   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Radebaugh toward Chicago Main Line Donohoe toward New York City or Exchange Place Amtrak Pitcairn toward [[Template:S-line/Amtrak left/Fort Pitt (Amtrak station)|Template:S-line/Amtrak left/Fort Pitt]] Fort Pitt Latrobe toward [[Template:S-line/Amtrak right/Fort Pitt (Amtrak station)|Template:S-line/Amtrak right/Fort Pitt]] Wilkinsburg toward Kansas City National Limited Latrobe toward New York City or Washington, DC Conrail Template:PennDOT stations toward Template:PennDOT stations Template:PennDOT lines Terminus
Greensburg Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Greensburg station house.
Coordinates	40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W / 40.30444°N 79.54667°WCoordinates: 40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W / 40.30444°N 79.54667°W
Built	1911
Architect	William H. Cookman
Architectural style	Jacobean Revival
NRHP Reference #	77001202[2]
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1977

Greensburg is an Amtrak railway station located approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Pittsburgh at Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The station is located just north of the city center. It is served only by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once daily in each direction.

History

The station was opened in 1912 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of a project to elevate the right-of-way as it passed through Greensburg. William Holmes Cookman served as architect.^[3] The depot is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern with stone trim and quoins on the building’s corners; the overall architectural style is Jacobean Revival. A tall square clock tower is topped by a copper ogee dome with finial. Ornamented parapets with center cartouches and corner finials surround the dome.^[4]

From March to November, 1981, the station was the eastern terminus of PennDOT's Parkway Limited train, which took commuters to Pittsburgh. Until 2005, Greensburg was served by the Three Rivers (a replacement service for the Broadway Limited), an extended version of the Pennsylvanian that terminated in Chicago. Its cancellation marked the first time in Greensburg's railway history that the town was served by a single daily passenger train. The small shelter that serves as the present station has no ticket office.

The station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.^[5] The historic station now houses a restaurant.^[6]

Westmoreland County Transit Authority's transit center is approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the train station. All WCTA bus routes pass through Greensburg Station at the transit center. Greyhound also has a bus stop at the WCTA transit center.

Gallery

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  View from Pennsylvania Avenue

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  Train Station Portico

References

1. "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2015, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
2. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 192. ISBN 978-0471143895.
4. "Greensburg Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
5. Westmoreland County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #77001202)
6. "Greensburg Train Station to get new restaurant". The Tribune-Review (Greensburg, Pennsylvania). Trib Total Media Inc. 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-04-11.

External links

• Media related to Greensburg (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Greensburg, PA
• Greensburg Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide - TrainWeb)
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-249, "Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA", 3 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• Greensburg, PA (GNB) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)