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Train station in Temple, Texas
Temple
is a train station in
Temple
,
Texas
,
United States
served by
Amtrak
, the national railroad passenger system. The station was originally built as an
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
depot. East of the station on another railroad line through Temple, a former
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
depot can be found, as the nexus for trains bound for
Waco
,
San Antonio
and
Houston
.
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History
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The first depot in Temple was in a boxcar. Later a two-story depot was built. In 1898 a
Harvey House
was built next to the depot. The current station was opened on January 29, 1911.
Services included:
[3]
- Texas Chief
(Chicago–Fort Worth–Galveston)
- California Special
(west to Clovis, NM, Belen, NM, Los Angeles, CA) /
Texan
(east to Houston, and via
Missouri Pacific Railway
to New Orleans)
- services to Brownwood, and to Houston
In 1995, the city of Temple bought 8.5 acres of land around the station and the Santa Fe Railroad donated the building. In 1999, restoration work began on the depot and it was reopened on June 8, 2000.
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The depot is currently home to the Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum and an Amtrak ticket office. The museum is open Monday through Saturday. The Amtrak office is open Monday through Saturday until the northbound Texas Eagle departs.
Next to the depot is the former Moody, Texas depot which is now home to the Central Texas Area Model Railroaders. Inside the depot is a model train layout which is open to the public on the first and fourth Saturday of each month.
North of Temple, the
Texas Eagle
is hosted by
BNSF Railway
; south of Temple, it uses the tracks of the
Union Pacific Railroad
. Temple station also provides
Amtrak Thruway
service to
Killeen
and
Fort Hood, Texas
.
References
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- ^
"Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Texas"
(PDF)
.
Amtrak
. June 2023
. Retrieved
August 30,
2023
.
- ^
"Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines, Table 4".
Official Guide of the Railways
.
82
(8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.
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"Santa Fe Railway, Tables R, 65, 66, 79".
Official Guide of the Railways
.
82
(8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.
- ^
"John Watson: Visit the Santa Fe Depot Museum in Temple ≫ Living ≫ Cleburne Times-Review, Cleburne, TX"
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-01-19
. Retrieved
2011-06-02
.
Cleburne Times Review, John Watson: Visit the Santa Fe Depot Museum in Temple.January 22, 2006
External links
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Media related to
Temple (Amtrak station)
at Wikimedia Commons
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