Ardmore station (Oklahoma)

Ardmore is a train station in Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States. It is served by Amtrak's Heartland Flyer train. It is located downtown at 251 East Main Street, and is fully wheelchair accessible. Most of the depot is used as an event center, but a waiting room in the back is open to passengers thirty minutes before the train is scheduled to arrive.

Ardmore, OK
The Ardmore station platform in February 2017 with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station on the left.
Location	251 East Main Street Ardmore, Oklahoma United States
Coordinates	34.1721°N 97.1255°W / 34.1721; -97.1255
Owned by	City of Ardmore
Line(s)	BNSF Railway Red Rock Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: ADM
History
Opened	1909
Rebuilt	1916
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	7,287[1]  0.96%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Gainesville toward Fort Worth Heartland Flyer Pauls Valley toward Oklahoma City
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Gainesville toward Dallas or Houston Lone Star Pauls Valley toward Chicago Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station Berwyn toward Purcell Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Main Line Marietta toward Galveston Long Grove toward Ringling or Healdton Ringling – Ardmore Terminus

The station was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1916, replacing a 1909-built station which had been destroyed by an explosion. The Rock Island Railroad also used the depot, and their logo is still visible on the opposite side from the tracks.

Gallery

• 
  The Ardmore station
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  Baggage cart and timetable at the station in 1974.
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  Closeup of the timetable
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  Amtrak's Lone Star at the station in 1974.
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  The Heartland Flyer making a stop at the station in January 2003.

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

External links

Media related to Ardmore station (Oklahoma) at Wikimedia Commons

• Ardmore, OK – Amtrak
• Texas Eagle page
• Amtrak Stations Database
• Ardmore, Oklahoma Depot (Santa Fe Surviving Depots)
• Ardmore, OK (ADM) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)