Huntington station (West Virginia)

Huntington
Amtrak station

The Amtrak station at Huntington.
Location 1050 8th Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
Coordinates 38°24′57″N 82°26′23″W / 38.4159°N 82.4397°W / 38.4159; -82.4397Coordinates: 38°24′57″N 82°26′23″W / 38.4159°N 82.4397°W / 38.4159; -82.4397
Owned by CSX Transportation
Line(s)
  Cardinal
Platforms 1 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Tri-State Transit Authority
Construction
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code HUN
History
Opened 1983
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 11,186[1] Decrease 4.7%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
Cardinal

Huntington is an Amtrak station in Huntington, West Virginia. Located at 1050 8th Avenue, the station consists of a platform on the south side of the east-west tracks, a small parking lot, and a small building in between. The station contains a waiting room and ticket office. Huntington is served by the Cardinal route. The one story building was constructed to a standard design that Amtrak developed in the 1970s and used at locations throughout the country for the next two decades. Typical features included at Huntington are concrete block walls, floor to ceiling windows and a black, cantilevered roof. [2]

Transit Connections

The Huntington station is located six blocks south and two blocks west of the Tri-State Transit Authority Transit Center. Most TTA bus routes and the Greyhound Bus stop at that station. For closer connections, riders can take advantage of TTA Routes 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, which pass two blocks of the station at 4th Avenue. Those connections are not always practical under current Cardinal schedule. The passengers who arrive on the eastbound train from Chicago can easily transfer to any route that serves the Transit Center, most bus routes don't start running until the train departs. Except for the few PM routes, most TTA routes stop running hours before the westbound train arrives, limiting options for any passengers who are either boarding or disembarking from the train.

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Amtrak Standard Stations Program". Amtrak History & Archives. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

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