Anchorage Depot, also known as Alaska Railroad Depot, is the railroad station at the center of the

Alaska Railroad Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

system at the junction of the two main lines their trains run on. It serves as the starting point for many tourists traveling on the luxury trains such as the

Denali Star The ''Denali Star'' is a passenger and semi-luxury train operated by the Alaska Railroad between the cities of Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska. It is a seasonal train, only operating between the months of May and September. The ''Aurora Winter T ...

. The station is a Moderne-style three story concrete building, built in 1942 and enlarged in 1948. It is located at the base of a hill, below downtown Anchorage. It measures by . In 1999, it was deemed significant in the history of transportation in Alaska and nominated for listing on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. The depot, built of concrete and steel and well-equipped, was held to represent the railroad's transition from wooden structures and equipment inadequate for challenges of the World War II era and since. with It was placed on the

on August 27, 1999. It appears that sometime before October 2020, a high platform was built on the third track over from the main depot, thus making this the first train station in Alaska to have a high platform.

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* * 1942 establishments in Alaska Alaska Railroad stations Alaska Railroad station Historic American Buildings Survey in Alaska Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Railway stations in the United States opened in 1942 Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Anchorage, Alaska {{AnchorageAK-geo-stub

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