Gallup station
{{Short description|Amtrak train station on US Route 66 in Gallup, New Mexico}}
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{{Infobox station
| style=Amtrak
| name=Gallup, NM
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| image=Gallup Amtrak station, Gallup NM.jpg
| image_caption=Gallup Amtrak station
| address=201 East Highway 66
Gallup, New Mexico
| coordinates={{coord|35.5293|-108.7405|type:railwaystation_region:US-NM|display=inline,title}}
| line=BNSF Gallup Subdivision
| other=
| platform=1 side platform
| tracks=3
| parking=
| bicycle=
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Gallup}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationNM}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| opened=
| rebuilt=April 1917–January 31, 1918{{cite news |title=Gallup to Have Station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88137466/gallup-station-april-26-1917/ |access-date=October 31, 2021 |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=April 26, 1917 |location=San Bernardino, California |page=3|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news |title=Gallup |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55075356/albuquerque-journal/ |access-date=October 31, 2021 |work=The Albuquerque Journal |date=February 10, 1918 |page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
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| code={{Amtrak code|GLP}}
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| services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Southwest Chief|left=Winslow|right=Albuquerque}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|line1=main|left1=Manuelito|right1=Wingate
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|Amtrak}}
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Gallup station is an Amtrak train station at 201 East Highway 66 in downtown Gallup, New Mexico. It is the second busiest station in the state, with more than 16,000 boardings and alightings in 2014.{{cite web |title= Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of New Mexico|publisher= Amtrak |date= November 2014 |url= http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/NEWMEXICO14.pdf |accessdate=26 June 2015}}
Historic use
The two-story station was built in the Mission Revival style through 1917, opening on January 31, 1918, with no celebration due to World War I. Then one of a series of Santa Fe railroad station hotels built across the southwestern and central United States by the Fred Harvey Company was connected to the depot in 1923. The fabulous El Navajo Hotel was designed by the master architect Mary Colter, blending Pueblo Revival and Art Deco styles, and decorated using Navajo sand paintings. The hotel was demolished in a process starting on June 11, 1957 to widen Route 66.{{cite news |title=Time Runs Out for El Navajo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35637784/the-gallup-independent/ |access-date=October 31, 2021 |work=The Gallup Independent |date=June 27, 1957 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite web|url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/GLP|title=Gallup Station|publisher=Amtrak's Great American Stations|accessdate=26 June 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305213438/http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/GLP/|url-status=dead}} The depot reopened later as an unstaffed Amtrak station.
Gallup Cultural Center
The city renovated the building in 1996 to serve as the Gallup Cultural Center to be operated by the Southwest Indian Foundation. In addition to a passenger waiting area, it is also home to the Gallup Visitor Center, which relocated to the station in 2004.
The Cultural Center houses a Storyteller Museum and Gallery of the Masters showcasing Native American Arts & Culture; the Kiva Cinema; and a coffee shop. and a gift shop featuring jewelry, pottery, rugs and blankets, and other pieces by local Acoma, Zuni, Navajo, Hopi and other Native American artisans. The Museum includes exhibits on weaving, sandpainting, silversmithing, trains, and Historic Route 66.{{cite web | url=http://www.southwestindian.com/foundation/cultural-center/exhibits | title=Exhibits & Events }}
A statue of Navajo Chief Manuelito by Tim Washburn stands in a plaza front of the Gallup Cultural Center.{{cite web | url=http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/new-mexico/northwestern-new-mexico/things-to-do/sights/reviews/gallup-cultural-center-462378/ | title=Gallup Cultural Center Review - Northwestern New Mexico New Mexico - Sights | Fodor's Travel }} Next to the plaza is the "Navajo Code Talker", a 12-foot bronze statue by famous Navajo/Ute sculptor Oreland Joe. The Navajo Code Talkers played a major role during World War II because the Japanese never cracked their language "code".
The station is unique in that a fence guards the platform from the rest of the station. This is to prevent people getting onto BNSF's triple-tracked, high-speed, very busy Southern Transcon main line.
Routes
References
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External links
{{commons category|Gallup station}}
{{Amtrak web|GLP|Gallup, NM}}
- [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/gallup.htm Gallup Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]
- [http://www.southwestindian.com/foundation/cultural-center/ Gallup Cultural Center]
{{Amtrak New Mexico stations}}
Category:Amtrak stations in New Mexico
Category:Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
Category:Buildings and structures on U.S. Route 66
Category:Transportation in McKinley County, New Mexico
Category:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway hotels
Category:Buildings and structures in McKinley County, New Mexico
Category:Pueblo Revival architecture in New Mexico
Category:Pueblo Deco architecture
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1918