San Antonio station (Texas)

Not to be confused with San Antonio (Caltrain station).

San Antonio

Location

350 Hoefgen Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
United States

Owned by

VIA Metropolitan Transit

Platforms

1 side & 1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

Thruway Motorcoach

Construction

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

Amtrak code: SAS

History

Opened

1998

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

62,002^[1]

9.2%

Services

Preceding station		Amtrak		Following station
Del Rio toward Los Angeles		Sunset Limited		Houston toward New Orleans
Del Rio toward Los Angeles		Texas Eagle		San Marcos toward Chicago

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Sunset Depot, San Antonio, Texas (postcard, circa 1903-1924)

Location

San Antonio, Texas

Coordinates

29°25′12″N 98°28′40″W / 29.42000°N 98.47778°WCoordinates: 29°25′12″N 98°28′40″W / 29.42000°N 98.47778°W

Built

1902

Architect

Daniel J. Patterson

Architectural style

Spanish Mission

NRHP Reference #

75001955

Added to NRHP

May 29, 1975

San Antonio is an Amtrak railroad station located on the eastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas.known to locals as "sunset station "

Service

San Antonio Station serves two Amtrak lines; the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle. The two lines are actually part of the same train from Los Angeles, California, but splits at this station with the Sunset Limited continuing onto New Orleans, Louisiana and the Texas Eagle to Chicago, Illinois.

San Antonio Station provides an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach route serving Harlingen, Brownsville, and McAllen, Texas.

History

Historic view of 1902 Sunset Station, the first San Antonio Station.

Amtrak previously utilized the historic Southern Pacific Railroad Station, that was also known as the 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. There is even a preserved 2-8-2 Baldwin "Mikado" steam locomotive that had belonged to the Southern Pacific railroad, 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 many years before being relocated to the station. Another "Mikado", donated simultaneously to the City of Austin, is operated on excursion trains for live steam enthusiasts by the Austin Steam Train Association.

References

↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

External links

Texaseagle.com: San Antonio Amtrak station for "Texas Eagle" line information

National Register of Historic Places in Texas

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