Clifton Forge station is a train station in

Clifton Forge, Virginia Clifton Forge is a town in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States which is part of the greater Roanoke Region. The population was 3,555 at the 2020 census. The Jackson River flows through the town, which as a result was once known as Ja ...

, serving

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's '' Cardinal'' line. It is located at 307 East Ridgeway Street.

History

The

Virginia Central Railroad The Virginia Central Railroad was an early railroad in the U.S. state of Virginia that operated between 1850 and 1868 from Richmond westward for to Covington. Chartered in 1836 as the Louisa Railroad by the Virginia General Assembly, the railr ...

extended to Clifton Forge in 1857 here, a point originally called ''Jackson River''. The railroad's first station building on the site was constructed in 1891. Passenger operations moved to the nearby Gladys Inn in 1897. The modern two-story station building is a clapboard structure originally built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1906 as the railway's local offices. It became the passenger station in 1930 when the Gladys Inn was converted into the local

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building. It sits just east of a major locomotive fuel facility for CSX Transportation.

Plans

In 2013, Amtrak announced that it plans to move the stop to a new station built by th
Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
The building is a replica of the original 1891 station, and it is located on Main Street, east of the current facility.

References

External links

C&O Railway Heritage Center
Buildings and structures in Alleghany County, Virginia Amtrak stations in Virginia Stations along Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lines Railway stations in the United States opened in 1891 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1906 Transportation in Alleghany County, Virginia {{Virginia-railstation-stub