Hinton station (West Virginia)

Hinton
Location	Maple Avenue at Second Avenue Hinton, WV 25951
Coordinates	37°40′29″N 80°53′32″W / 37.67472°N 80.89222°WCoordinates: 37°40′29″N 80°53′32″W / 37.67472°N 80.89222°W
Line(s)	Cardinal
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	HIN
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	8,897[1]  1.8%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Prince toward Chicago Cardinal Alderson toward New York City

Hinton is an Amtrak station in Hinton, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. The station is a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway depot, and is located in the Hinton Historic District. Constructed in 1905, the brick building includes wood canopies supported by heavy brackets featuring a wood-fan pattern trim.

A December, 2007, fire damaged the building, but it reopened a short time later following repairs. The depot is currently undergoing a $1.5 million series of phased repairs and renovations. Work in the early phases included installation of a new slate roof, re-pointing of the brickwork and repairs to the windows and decorative woodwork. A new concrete platform with tactile edging was also installed.^[2]

Due to a bend in the adjacent New River, eastbound trains actually head southwest when passing the station (and vice versa).

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. "Hinton, WV Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

External links

• Media related to Hinton station (West Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
• Hinton Amtrak Station at Train Web
• Hinton Amtrak Station at UrbanUp
• Hinton, WV (HIN) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)

• Amtrak – Stations – Hinton, WV
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-43-A, "Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Hinton Depot, Along New River near Greenbriar River, Hinton, Summers County, WV", 2 measured drawings