Temple station (Texas)

Temple, TX
General information
Location315 West Avenue B
Temple, Texas
United States
Coordinates31°05′45″N 97°20′43″W / 31.09574°N 97.3452°W / 31.09574; -97.3452
Owned byCity of Temple
Line(s)BNSF Railway
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus transport Amtrak Thruway
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: TPL
History
Opened1911
Rebuilt2000
Passengers
FY 202313,463[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Taylor Texas Eagle McGregor
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Taylor
toward Laredo
Inter-American McGregor
toward Chicago
Brenham
toward Houston
Lone Star
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Pendleton
toward Purcell
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Main Line
Silenus
toward Galveston
Belton
toward San Angelo
San Angelo – Temple Terminus
Location
Map

Temple is a train station in Temple, Texas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station was originally built as an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. East of the station on another railroad line through Temple, a former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad depot can be found, as the nexus for trains bound for Waco, San Antonio and Houston.[2]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines, Table 4". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.