Jefferson City station

Jefferson City, MO
Jefferson City station in November 2016. A Union Pacific Railway freight train is stopped next to the platform.
General information
Location101 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, Missouri
United States
Coordinates38°34′43″N 92°10′12″W / 38.5787°N 92.1700°W / 38.5787; -92.1700
Owned byNational Park Service
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: JEF
History
Opened1855
Rebuilt1984
Passengers
FY 202332,693[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Sedalia
toward Kansas City
 Missouri River Runner Hermann
toward St. Louis
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Sedalia
toward Kansas City
 National Limited Kirkwood
toward New York or Washington, D.C.
Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station
Cole
toward Kansas City
 Main Line Osage
toward St. Louis
Russellville, MO
toward Bagnell
 Jefferson City - Bagnell Terminus
Location
Map

Jefferson City is an Amtrak train station in Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. The station is located on the ground floor of the former Union Hotel, which was built in 1855 and is part of the Jefferson Landing State Historic Site.[2] The Amtrak station was previously located at the old Missouri Pacific Railroad station before moving two blocks west to its current location in 1984.

The station has neither checked baggage service nor a Quik-Trak ticketing kiosk, so tickets must be purchased in advance.[3]

The entire Union Hotel building (including the station) was closed on October 2, 2019, due to concerns that its exterior masonry was no longer structurally sound after a bulge appeared in its north wall.[4] In December 2019, a temporary station consisting of a modular trailer was established in a nearby parking lot.[5][6][7] While monitoring shows that the bulge is not significantly worsening, the building remains closed and has been placed on Missouri Preservation's "2021 Places in Peril" list.[8][9] Planning and design for an estimated $9 million, two-year project to repair the building is scheduled to start in July 2022. In addition to stabilizing the structure and improving its waterproofing, the project will modernize the building and bring it up to code. As of December 2021, funding for the project was waiting to be appropriated in the state's FY23 budget by the Missouri General Assembly.[10]

On November 9, 2022, Amtrak confirmed that it was still planning to work on improving the station.[11]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Missouri" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Jefferson City Day Trip (Attractions)". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  3. ^ Jefferson City, MO (JEF) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
  4. ^ Kurt Erickson (October 10, 2019). "In Missouri's capital city, Amtrak riders wait under tents while train station is inspected". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  5. ^ Matt Ragsdale (December 9, 2019). "Amtrak working on temporary station". KMIZ.
  6. ^ Cole, Emily (2020-12-11). "Jefferson City committee considers Amtrak station relocation". News Tribune. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  7. ^ Haldiman, Jeff (2019-12-10). "Trailer will function as temporary Amtrak station". News Tribune. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  8. ^ Gerber, Cameron (2021-12-29). "Missouri Legislature could appropriate funds for historic Jefferson City Amtrak station repairs". The Missouri Times. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  9. ^ "Union Hotel". Missouri Preservation. 2021-10-20.
  10. ^ Haldiman, Jeff (2021-12-28). "State does study on repairs for former Amtrak station". News Tribune. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  11. ^ Colbert, Ethan. "Amtrak investing $3M into downtown Washington station". The Missourian. Retrieved 15 March 2023.