Lamar, CO | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Main and Beach Streets Lamar, Colorado | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°05′23″N 102°37′07″W / 38.0897°N 102.6185°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Lamar | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF La Junta Subdivision | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: LMR | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
FY 2023 | 1,138[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot | |||||||||||||
Location | Lamar, Colorado | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 100004186 | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | July 19, 2019 | ||||||||||||
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Lamar station is a train station in Lamar, Colorado served by Amtrak. It is served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief line. It was originally built in 1907 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[2] The current station is designed in a manner similar to that of Garden City station in Kansas, and also serves as the Lamar Visitor's Center. In 2019 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[3]