Little Rock | |||||||||||
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| Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | |||||||||||
 The renovated Choctaw Station houses the Clinton School of Public Service and the Clinton Foundation office. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1200 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Clinton School of Public Service | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (Formerly) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (Formerly) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1899 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1968 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Choctaw Route Station | |||||||||||
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |||||||||||
| Location | E. 3rd at Rock Island RR., Little Rock, Arkansas | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°44′44″N 92°15′32″W / 34.74556°N 92.25889°W | ||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
| Built | 1899 | ||||||||||
| Built by | Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railroad | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 75000404[1] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1975 | ||||||||||
The Choctaw Route Station is a historic former railroad station on East 3rd Street in the riverfront area of Little Rock, Arkansas. The building now houses the Clinton School of Public Service, a branch of the University of Arkansas at the Clinton Presidential Center. The station, built in 1899 for the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, is a single-story brick building with elaborate terra cotta detailing, and is one of the architecturally finest stations in the state.[2]
Major named passenger trains included:[3][4]
- Californian
- Cherokee
- Choctaw Rocket
- Memphis-Californian
- Southwest Express
By the mid-1960s the trains had dwindled down the Memphis-Californian successor, the Memphis-Tucumcari, an overnight coach-only Memphis-Little Rock-Oklahoma City-Amarillo-Tucumcari train. This final train at the station was terminated between fall 1967 and summer 1968.[5][6]
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Choctaw Route Station". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^ "Rock Island Lines, Tables A, B, F, K, L". Official Guide of the Railways. 89 (5). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.
- ^ Rock Island Lines timetable, February 1938, Condensed Timetables http://streamlinermemories.info/RI/RI38TT.pdf
- ^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 3". Official Guide of the Railways. 100 (5). National Railway Publication Company. October 1967.
- ^ "Rock Island Lines, (Freight only)". Official Guide of the Railways. 101 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1968.