White Sulphur Springs station explained

Style:Amtrak
White Sulphur Springs, WV
Address:315 West Main Street
Country:United States
Coordinates:37.7853°N 80.3056°W
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes

White Sulphur Springs station is a railway station in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, served by Amtrak, the national passenger railway. The station is a stop on Amtrak's Cardinal route.

History

The station was built in 1930 or 1931 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) to serve passengers on the new Pullman rail coaches to The Greenbrier resort hotel.[1] The current brick building replaced a wooden structure that was built in the early 1900s.[1] It is directly across from the entrance to The Greenbrier grounds.

The original cottages that eventually expanded to a resort property known as the Old White Hotel, was purchased by C&O in 1910. The hotel was renovated and reopened in 1913 as the Greenbrier.[1] The hotel became a showcase for the railroad company and it was promoted in C&O's timetables and literature.[1] Tracks behind the station were used for parking business-owned and private cars of the wealthy patrons that came to the hotel.[1] The hotel stayed in the hands of C&O and its successors, Chessie System and CSX, until 2009.

The former station building now serves as the hotel's own Christmas gift shop.[2] The station's red-and-white "candy cane" paint job makes it unique among other Amtrak stations. Since the late 1980s/early 1990s, Amtrak passengers have used the adjacent covered platform.[1] No Amtrak agent or station services (ticketing, checked baggage, etc.) are available at this station, not even a Quik-Trak kiosk; all tickets must be purchased in advance.

See also

External links

thumb|left|Looking east at the loading platform

Notes and References

  1. Web site: White Sulphur Springs, WV (WSS) . Great American Stations . 16 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Christmas Shop at the Depot . Greenbrier County Convention & Visitors Bureau . 16 February 2014.