Las Vegas station is an
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...
train station at Railroad Avenue and Lincoln Street in
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Las Vegas is a city in and the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Once two separate municipalities (one a city and the other a town), both were named Las Vegas—West Las Vegas ("Old Town") and East Las Vegas ("New Town" ...
. Built in 1899, the two-story brick station building was designed in the Spanish Mission style and features a red tile roof, ornate metal brackets and a curving parapet. The station was renovated in 2000, when approximately $1.2 million was secured from federal, state and private sources. It reopened as the Las Vegas Intermodal Facility and now houses a passenger waiting room and the city's Visitor Center.
The station is near the
Castañeda Hotel
The Castañeda Hotel is a historic railroad hotel located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It was built in 1898 and 1899 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and was operated by the Fred Harvey Company until 1948. After being mostly vacant for m ...
, a former hotel built by
Fred Harvey for 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 ...
.
La Castaneda Hotel – Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation
The hotel's architects were Frederick Roehrig
Frederick Louis Roehrig (1857 – 1948) was an early 20th-century American architect. Roehrig was born in LeRoy, New York, the son of the noted " orientalist and philoligist," Frederick L.O. Roehrig. He graduated from Cornell University in 1 ...
and A. Reinsch. The hotel is the oldest Mission Revival Style building in the state of New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
, opening for business on January 17, 1899.
The station and former hotel are contributing properties to the Railroad Avenue Historic District.
Routes
*''Southwest Chief
The ''Southwest Chief'' (formerly the ''Southwest Limited'' and ''Super Chief'') is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff ...
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See also
*List of Amtrak stations
This is a list of train stations and Thruway Motorcoach stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city ...
Bibliography
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References
External links
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Las Vegas Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)
{{Amtrak New Mexico stations
Amtrak stations in New Mexico
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations in New Mexico
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1879
Buildings and structures in San Miguel County, New Mexico
Transportation in San Miguel County, New Mexico
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Mission Revival architecture in New Mexico
1879 establishments in New Mexico Territory