Lamy station
Lamy is an Amtrak station at Santa Fe County Road 33, 152 Old Lamy Trail in Lamy, New Mexico, United States. It is served by the Southwest Chief train.
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 Lamy Amtrak/Santa Fe Southern station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Santa Fe County Road 33 152 Old Lamy Trail Lamy, NM 87540 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.4809°N 105.8800°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Railway Glorieta Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Thruway Motorcoach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | LMY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | December 1908–c. July 1909[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 12,390[3]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It served as the southern terminus for the Santa Fe Southern Railway until 2014.[4] The station was built in 1909 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It appears in a 1954 educational Encyclopædia Britannica film called The Passenger Train, produced by Milan Herzog.[5] It also appears in the Bollywood film Kites starring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori.
Since the 1960s, the station has also served as the intercity link for the state capital of Santa Fe, 18 miles to the north.
Routes
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See also
References
- "New Depot at Lamy and Santa Fe". Santa Fe New Mexican. December 12, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved January 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Work on New $25,000 Harvey Hotel at Lamy Will Begin Today; Another New Railway Station for Las Cruces". The Albuquerque Journal. July 12, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved January 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of New Mexico" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- "Santa Fe Southern owner: End of line for tourist trains to Lamy". Santa Fe New Mexican. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- The Passenger Train (Second Edition), Encyclopedia Britannica Films (Internet Archive). Accessed March 8, 2019.
External links
- Lamy, NM – Amtrak
- The Passenger Train, 1954 (appears at 9:38)
- Lamy Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)
- Santa Fe Southern Railway
- El Ortiz Hotel (Fred Harvey Collection)
- Lamy, NM (LMY) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
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