Ardmore is a train station in

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. It is served by

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's ''

Heartland Flyer The ''Heartland Flyer'' is a daily passenger train that follows a route between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Fort Worth, Texas. It is operated by Amtrak and jointly funded by the states of Oklahoma and Texas. The train's daily round-trip begins ...

'' train. It is located downtown at 251 East Main Street, and is fully wheelchair accessible. Most of the depot is used as an event center, but a waiting room in the back is open to passengers thirty minutes before the train is scheduled to arrive. The station was built by the

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison, Kansas, Atchison and Top ...

in 1917, replacing a 1909-built station which had been destroyed by an explosion on September 27, 1915. The

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also used the depot, and their logo is still visible on the opposite side from the tracks.

Gallery

File:Ardmore ok6.jpg, The Ardmore station File:BAGGAGE CART AND TIMETABLE AT ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, ON THE ROUTE OF THE LONE STAR BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON... - NARA - 556040.jpg, Baggage cart and timetable at the station in 1974. File:TIMETABLE AT ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, ON THE ROUTE OF THE LONE STAR BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. WHEN AMTRAK... - NARA - 556039.jpg, Closeup of the timetable File:ENGINEER OF THE LONE STAR PASSENGER TRAIN WAITS IN HIS CAB BEFORE CONTINUING THE AMTRAK TRAIN RUN AT ARDMORE... - NARA - 556038.jpg, Amtrak's ''Lone Star'' at the station in 1974. File:Heartland Flyer at Ardmore, January 2003.jpg, The ''Heartland Flyer'' making a stop at the station in January 2003.

References

External links

Texas Eagle page
Amtrak stations in Oklahoma Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1909 {{Oklahoma-railstation-stub