El Paso Union Depot is an Amtrak train station in El Paso, Texas, served by the '' Texas Eagle'' and ''

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''. The station was designed by architect Daniel Burnham, who also designed Washington D.C. Union Station. It was built between 1905 and 1906 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

History

The station served as a transfer point for several railroads. The

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ran a train north to Socorro, Belen and Albuquerque. The National Railways of Mexico operated a train, "El Fronterizo", numbers 7 & 8, south to

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in Mexico. The

Southern Pacific Railway The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...

operated trans-continental trains west to California, and east to Louisiana via Texas. The Texas Pacific and then the Missouri Pacific Railroad operated trains to Fort Worth, Texas.

Present

In addition to Amtrak service, the station is served by

Sun Metro Sun Metro Mass Transit Department, simply known as Sun Metro, is the public transportation provider that serves El Paso, Texas. Consisting of buses and paratransit service, it is a department of the City of El Paso, and the agency also serves ...

local buses at nearby stops. There has been intermittent talk of resurrecting streetcar service across the border to Ciudad Juarez since the last trolley rolled in 1974. The station's office space are occupied by the Texas Tech College of Architecture, which opened in 2013. Sun Metro was formerly headquartered in the space until it moved in 2014.

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El Paso Amtrak station information

Union Depot history, El Paso Community College

Article in ''Railroad Gazette'' (1904) with original floor plan
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El Paso Streetcars
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Railroad & Transportation Museum of El Paso
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