Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot

The Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot is an Amtrak train station in Cleburne, Texas, United States.

Cleburne, TX
The Cleburne station in February 2017.
Location	206 North Border Street Cleburne, Texas, 76031 United States
Coordinates	32°20′59″N 97°22′56″W
Owned by	City of Cleburne
Line(s)	BNSF Railway
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Cletran[1]
Construction
Parking	free short-term
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: CBR
History
Opened	1898
Rebuilt	1999
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	3,747 [2]  4.63%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station McGregor toward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Fort Worth toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station McGregor toward Laredo or Houston Inter-American Fort Worth toward Chicago McGregor toward Houston Lone Star Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station Joshua toward Purcell Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Main Line Rio Vista toward Galveston Terminus Cleburne – Paris Keene toward Paris

History

TBV and Santa Fe depots in 1910

For many years, Cleburne was the site of a major locomotive backshop of the Santa Fe Railroad, and many shop buildings can be seen on the east side of the track. The 1898 two-story brick depot was scaled down to one floor and ultimately demolished during the 1990s to make way for a road improvement project.[3]

Cleburne became the northern end of the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway in 1904,[4] with the portion from Teague now abandoned.

Cleburne's current intermodal station, built in 1999, serves Amtrak trains and is the office for Cletran,[1] the local bus transit. In recent history, the station has become less prestigious and the surrounding buildings have become mostly abandoned.[5] The station is unstaffed,[1] and all tickets must be purchased in advance; there is not even a Quik-Trak kiosk.

References

1. "City / County Transportation (Cletran)". City of Cleburne. Retrieved December 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
2. "Amtrak service in Cleburne, TX" (PDF). Rail Passengers Association. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
3. Evan Werkema. "Some Recent Losses: Depots". Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Subjects. Retrieved December 2015. Cleburne, TX once sported a large two-story brick depot. The structure was later reduced to this rather modest, unadorned edifice. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
4. Nancy Beck Young. "Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved December 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
5. "Cleburne Downtown Master Plan Report - Final". City of Cleburne. July 2014. Retrieved December 2015. Much of the eastern quadrant is vacant and contains the intermodal rail station. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

External links

Media related to Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak Texas Eagle Stations - Cleburne, TX

• Cleburne, TX – Amtrak
• Amtrak Stations Database
• Cleburne, Texas (CBR) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)