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Location | 315 West Main Street White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°47′7″N 80°18′20″W / 37.78528°N 80.30556°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | CSX Alleghany Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: WSS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2023 | 4,532[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
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.[2] The current brick building replaced a wooden structure that was built in the early 1900s.[2] 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.[2] The hotel became a showcase for the railroad company and it was promoted in C&O's timetables and literature.[2] Tracks behind the station were used for parking business-owned and private cars of the wealthy patrons that came to the hotel.[2] 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.[3] 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.[2] 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "White Sulphur Springs, WV (WSS)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Christmas Shop at the Depot". Greenbrier County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
External links[edit]
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