Thurmond station is a

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in Thurmond,

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, that is served by

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, the national railroad passenger system. The '' Cardinal'', which runs three times each week between

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and

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, New York, passes by the station three times each week in both directions. The station is on CSX Transportation's New River Line and is located on the east bank of the New River.

Traffic

It is one of Amtrak's least-busy stations, it was the second least-busy for

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2006, after

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, which was less traveled because it had been discontinued from the Amtrak regular schedule in April 2006 (being open only to groups after that point). Of the 509 stations served by Amtrak in fiscal year 2012, Thurmond was again the second least-used station, just ahead of Sanderson,

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History

The long, narrow two-story slate-roofed wooden structure, built in 1905 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, also houses a railroad museum and a

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for the

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. The depot features a projecting bay that served as a

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. The interior originally possessed three waiting rooms: one for white men, one for white women, and one for

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s. The building was renovated in 1995. It is a contributing structure in the Thurmond Historic District. In 2023, a new small accessible platform was constructed to accommodate passengers with reduced mobility

References

External links

Thurmond Amtrak Station & Museum (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)Thurmond Depot - The Museum (WVRailroads.com)
- U.S. National Park Service, New River Gorge National River, official site * {{authority control Buildings and structures in Fayette County, West Virginia Amtrak stations in West Virginia Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia Railroad museums in West Virginia Railway stations in the United States opened in 1905 New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Museums in Fayette County, West Virginia Stations along Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lines Transportation in Fayette County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, West Virginia