Salem station (Oregon)
{{Short description|Amtrak train station in Salem, Oregon}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| style=Amtrak
| name=Salem, OR
| image= SalemStn.JPG
| caption=
| address = 500 13th Street SE
Salem, Oregon
| country = United States
| coordinates={{coord|44|55|56|N|123|01|41|W|region:US-OR_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| owned = State of Oregon
| line = Union Pacific Railroad
| other= Cascades POINT
Cherriots
Greyhound Lines
Shuttle Oregon
The Wave
| structure=
| platform=1 side platform
| tracks=1
| parking=25 long term spaces
| bicycle=Yes
| code = {{Amtrak code|SLM}}
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Salem}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationOR}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| opened={{Start date and age|1918}}
| closed=
| rebuilt={{Start date and age|2000}}
| accessible=Yes
| former=
| services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Cascades|left1=Albany|right1=Oregon City
|line2=Coast Starlight|left2=Albany|right2=Portland
}}
|other_services_header = Former services
|other_services_collapsible = yes
|other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system2=Southern Pacific Railroad|line2=Shasta Route|left2=Turner|right2=Chemawa}}
| nrhp={{Infobox NRHP
| name = Salem Southern Pacific Railroad Station
| embed = yes
| nrhp_type =
| image = Salem Oregon train station night.JPG
| image_size = 300px
| caption = A close up picture at night.
| built = {{Start date|1918}}
| architect = Christie, J.H.; Stebinger Bros.
| architecture = Queen Anne, Beaux-Arts
| added = February 12, 2010
| area = {{convert|2.7|acre}}
| refnum = 10000015{{NRISref|version=2010a|refnum=10000015}}
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|Amtrak}} |zoom=15 }}
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Salem station is an Amtrak train station in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is served by Amtrak Cascades corridor trains going to and from Portland, Oregon, as well as the long-distance Coast Starlight. Greyhound Lines and some regional buses also stop at the station.
History
Image:Salem, Oregon Amtrak stop.png
This station was constructed for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1918 and is the third station to be built at this location.{{cite web|url=http://www.salemhistory.net/transportation/railroad_depots.htm|title=Salem's Railroad Depots|publisher=Salem Online History|accessdate=2007-09-19|archive-date=2007-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811050729/http://www.salemhistory.net/transportation/railroad_depots.htm|url-status=live}} The two previous stations were built in 1871 and 1889.{{cite web |url= http://temp.cityofsalem.net/CouncilMeetingAgenda/Documents/166/4.3a.pdf |publisher= City of Salem |title= Salem City Council Agenda: National Register of Historic Places Nomination for Southern Pacific Railroad Depot |date= October 12, 2009 |accessdate= 2009-10-12 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The 1871 depot burned down in 1885. It is commonly believed that the Queen Anne style 1889 depot burned down on March 5, 1917, but newspaper reports from the time say it was unsightly and, except for the baggage wing, demolished.[http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/docs/Salem%20Depots%20Historic%20Explanation.pdf Salem Depots Historic Explanation.pdf]
The current Beaux-Arts-style structure was designed by Southern Pacific's chief architect John H. Christie.{{Cite web|url=http://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df67rq46n|title=Oregon Digital|website=oregondigital.org|access-date=2016-05-08|archive-date=2017-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510124449/http://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df67rq46n|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/salem-or-slm|title=Salem, OR — Great American Stations|website=www.greatamericanstations.com|access-date=2025-03-28|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191415/http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/SLM|url-status=dead}} It is constructed of masonry, and is one of five masonry depots that still exist along the original Southern Pacific West Coast line. The other depots are in Albany, Medford, Roseburg and Eugene.{{cite news |last=Christie |first=Tim |title=Railroad depot speeds into history books |url=http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/09/07/d1.cr.railroad.0907.p1.php?section=cityregion |newspaper=The Register-Guard |date= September 7, 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-19}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
A restoration project by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) was completed in 2000.{{cite web|title=Oregon Dept. of Transportation Museum|url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/Museum2.shtml|publisher=Oregon Department of Transportation|access-date=2007-09-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061215211852/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/Museum2.shtml|archive-date=2006-12-15}} Amtrak leases the station from ODOT for $1 a year, in exchange for maintenance of the building and grounds.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}
An 1889 Railway Express Agency (REA) freight depot/baggage shed from the previous station was kept and is the oldest freight depot still in existence in the state.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} Either after the 1917 fire or in preparation for constructing the new depot, the Queen Anne-style REA depot was relocated from its original site to the south. The REA depot had not been used since the mid-1970s, but ODOT restored it in the late 2000s for use by Greyhound.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/Pages/SalemRRBaggageDepot.aspx |title=Communications Salem Railroad Baggage Depot Project |access-date=2017-05-22 |archive-date=2017-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508181231/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/Pages/SalemRRBaggageDepot.aspx |url-status=live }}
The station and baggage depot were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 2010.{{cite web | last = National Park Service | authorlink = National Park Service | title = Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/08/10 through 2/12/10 | date = 2010-02-19 | url = http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20100219.htm | accessdate = 2010-02-19 | archive-date = 2010-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100302093627/http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20100219.htm | url-status = live }} In 2011, daily ridership on Amtrak between Salem and Portland reached 24,146 boardings.{{cite news | title= Amtrak gaining popularity among commuters who ride between Portland, Oregon City and Salem | date= March 5, 2012 | first= Joseph | last= Rose | url= http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/03/amtrak_gaining_popularity_amon.html | newspaper= The Oregonian | accessdate= 2012-03-06 | archive-date= 2012-03-06 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120306121904/http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/03/amtrak_gaining_popularity_amon.html | url-status= live }}
Greyhound Lines moved operations from its downtown station to here in 2013, first to the north wing of the station building and, upon completion of renovations in 2018, to the former freight shed.{{cite web | url = http://djcoregon.com/news/2013/04/29/greyhound-on-the-move-in-salem/ | title = Greyhound on the move in Salem | first = Tom | last = Henderson | publisher = Daily Journal of Commerce | date = April 29, 2013 | access-date = August 14, 2013 | archive-date = April 2, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402012527/http://djcoregon.com/news/2013/04/29/greyhound-on-the-move-in-salem/ | url-status = live }}{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/115561786/ | title = Greyhound to move bus depot to Amtrak station | last = Rose | first = Michael | newspaper = Statesman Journal | date = May 7, 2013 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = November 8, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231108035010/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/115561786/ | url-status = live }}{{cite news |last=Lynn |first=Capi |publisher=Statesman Journal |date=January 30, 2018 |title=After $2.7 million renovation, historic depot reopens in Salem |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2018/01/30/after-years-neglect-renovated-historic-depot-reopens-salem/1075836001/}}
References
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External links
{{Commonscat-inline|Salem Southern Pacific Railroad Station}}
{{Amtrak web|SLM|Salem, OR|}}
- [http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=all&CISOBOX2=Salem%20Oregon%20passenger%20depot&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic images of the 1889 and 1918 depots] from Salem Public Library
- [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/salem.htm Amtrak Stations Database]
- [http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/terminal.aspx?city=790933 Greyhound Lines station page]
{{Amtrak Oregon stations}}
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Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Salem, Oregon
Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Marion County, Oregon