Alpine station

{{Short description|Amtrak station in Alpine, Texas}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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{{Infobox station

| style=Amtrak

| name=Alpine, TX

| image=Alpine Amtrak station (13014372424).jpg

| caption=Alpine station and platform

| address=102 West Holland Street
Alpine, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|30.35720|-103.66168|region:US-TX_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| country = United States

| owned =

| line = UP Sanderson Subdivision

| other=

| platform=1 side platform

| tracks=1

| parking=

| bicycle=

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Alpine}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationTX}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}

| opened=1946

| rebuilt=

| accessible=

| code={{Amtrak code|ALP}}

| services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Sunset Limited|left1=El Paso|right1=Sanderson

|line2=Texas Eagle|left2=El Paso|right2=Sanderson|to-left2=Los Angeles}}

|other_services_header = Former services

|other_services_collapsible = yes

|other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Southern Pacific Railroad|line=Sunset Route|left=Marfa|right=Marathon}}

|mapframe = yes

|mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|Amtrak}}

}}

Alpine station is an Amtrak station in Alpine, Texas, served by the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes. It is not staffed and has partial wheelchair accessibility, an enclosed waiting area, public payphones, and parking. It is located at 102 West Holland Street, is less than {{convert|1|mi|km}} from Sul Ross State University, and is also the nearest station to Big Bend National Park.

History

The depot, commissioned in 1946 by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, was built in the Spanish Mission Revival style with light Art Deco detailing. The façade facing the tracks has a projecting center bay with a large window framed by geometric rope detailing. An octagonal cupola with a finial tops the building.{{cite web| url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/ALP| title=Alpine, Texas, station| publisher=Amtrak's Great American Stations| accessdate=20 October 2014}}

Notable places nearby

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