Salem station (Oregon)

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Salem
File:SalemStn.JPG
Location 500 13th Street SE
Salem, OR
United States
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by State of Oregon
Line(s) Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections Cascades POINT
Greyhound Lines
Construction
Parking 25 long term spaces
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code Amtrak code: SLM
History
Opened 1918
Rebuilt 2000
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 60,579[1] Decrease 15.4%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
toward Eugene
 Amtrak Cascades
toward Los Angeles
 Coast Starlight
toward Seattle
Salem Southern Pacific Railroad Station
Area 2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1918 (1918)
Architectural style Queen Anne, Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 10000015[2]
Added to NRHP February 12, 2010

Salem is an Amtrak train station in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is served by the Amtrak Cascades and the Coast Starlight passenger trains.

History

Trackside of Salem Depot

This station was constructed for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1918 and is the third station to be built at this location.[3] The two previous stations were built in 1871 and 1889.[4] The 1871 depot burned down in 1885.[4] The Queen Anne-style 1889 depot burned down on March 5, 1917.[4]

The current Beaux-Arts-style structure was designed by Southern Pacific's Chief Architect John H. Christie.[5][6] It is constructed of masonry, and is one of five masonry depots that still exist along the original Southern Pacific West Coast line. The other depots are in Albany, Medford, Roseburg and Eugene.[7]

A restoration project by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) was completed in 2000.[3][8] Amtrak leases the station from ODOT for $1 a year, in exchange for maintenance of the building and grounds.[citation needed]

An 1889 Railway Express Agency (REA) freight depot/baggage shed survived the fire that destroyed the previous station and is the oldest freight depot still in existence in the state.[citation needed] After the 1917 fire, the Queen Anne-style REA depot was relocated from its original site to south of the passenger station.[4] The REA depot has not been used since the mid-1970s, and now awaits restoration.[4]

The station and baggage depot were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 2010.[9] In 2011, daily ridership on Amtrak between Salem and Portland reached 24,146 boardings.[10]

Greyhound Lines moved operations from its downtown station to here in 2013 and hopes to use the freight shed in the future.[11][12]

See also

References

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