Culpeper station

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Culpeper, VA
A Cardinal arrives at Culpeper in 2008.
General information
Location	109 South Commerce Street Culpeper, Virginia United States
Coordinates	38°28′20″N 77°59′36″W / 38.47222°N 77.99333°W / 38.47222; -77.99333
Line(s)	NS Washington District
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: CLP
Passengers
FY 2023	17,386[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Charlottesville toward Chicago Cardinal Manassas toward New York Charlottesville toward New Orleans Crescent Charlottesville toward Roanoke Northeast Regional Manassas toward Boston South or Springfield
Former services Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station Orange toward Cincinnati Main Line Calverton toward Washington, D.C. Preceding station Southern Railway Following station Winston toward Birmingham Main Line Inlet toward Washington, D.C.
Location

Culpeper station is a train station in Culpeper, Virginia. It was built in 1904 by the Southern Railway, replacing an 1874 station house which itself replaced two stations originally built by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. It is currently served by Amtrak's long-distance Cardinal and Crescent routes, along with two daily Northeast Regional trains with final stops in New York or Boston to the north and Roanoke to the south.^[2]

When then-owner Norfolk Southern Railway tried to demolish a portion of the depot in 1985, a citizens' committee formed to save the building. In 1995, the town successfully prepared a $700,000 renovation grant under the Virginia Department of Transportation Enhancement Program. Three years later, Norfolk Southern sold the depot to the town, and in 2000 the renovated building opened to the public. Additional work to the freight section was completed in 2003.^[3]