Winona station
{{Short description|Historic train station in Winona, Minnesota}}
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{{Infobox station
| style = Amtrak
| name = Winona, MN
| image = Winona Depot.jpg
| image_caption = Winona station from the northeast
| address = 65 East Mark Street
| borough = Winona, Minnesota
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|44|2|39.5|N|91|38|24.5|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-MN|display=inline,title}}
| line = CPKC River Subdivision
| other =
| platform = 1 side platform
| tracks = 2
| parking = Yes
| connections = {{Bus icon}} Winona Transit Service
| bicycle =
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Winona}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationMN}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| opened = 1888
| rebuilt =
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Amtrak code|WIN}}
| owned =
| zone =
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line1=Borealis|left1=Red Wing|right1=La Crosse|line2=Empire Builder|left2=Red Wing|right2=La Crosse}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Milwaukee Road
|line1=main|left1=Minnesota City|right1=Homer}}
| embedded = {{Infobox NRHP
| embed = yes
| name = Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station
| nrhp_type = nrhp
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|Amtrak}} |zoom=14 }}
| refnum = 13000327{{NRISref|2010a|refnum=13000327}}
| added = May 28, 2013
| architecture = Late Victorian
}}
}}
Winona station is an Amtrak train station in Winona, Minnesota, United States. It is served by the daily round trips of the {{lnl|Amtrak|Borealis}} and {{lnl|Amtrak|Empire Builder}}. The station building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station. The station is typically the second-busiest Amtrak station in Minnesota (after Saint Paul).{{cite web |url=https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/winona-mn-win/ |title=Winona, MN (WIN) |work=Great American Stations |publisher=Amtrak}}
History
The station built in 1888 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road). A former Milwaukee Road freight house is also extant. The station was designed by architect John T. W. Jennings.{{Cite book|title=Great American Railroad Stations|last=Potter|first=Janet Greenstein|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|year=1996|isbn=978-0471143895|location=New York|pages=360}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 for having local significance in the theme of transportation.{{cite web |title=Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/13000327.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314104754/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/13000327.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 14, 2014 |work=National Register of Historic Places Program |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2015-07-22}} It was nominated for representing the development of train transportation in Minnesota with Winona as a major rail hub.{{cite web |last=Gaut |first=Greg |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000327.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723081522/http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000327.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |publisher=National Park Service |date=2012-12-17 |access-date=2015-07-22}}
=Other stations in Winona=
File:Empire Builder dome car 1958.JPG at Winona Junction station in 1958]]Winona also had a Chicago and North Western Railroad depot that was located at 2nd and Huff.{{cite book|author=David Gebhard|title=A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4TiwNUguhYC&pg=PA326|year=1978|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-1-4529-0101-5|pages=326–}} It was a two-story brick station, "mildly Queen Anne in style" Originally built in the late 1880s for the Winona and St. Peter Railroad at the loop where the Winona Rail Bridge crossed the Mississippi river, it was torn down in 1980.[https://www.cityofwinona.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/03112015-HPC-Agenda.pdf Winona Heritage Preservation Commission Agenda for March 11, 2015]. City of Winona, March 4, 2015 The demolition of this depot building was a motivation for the Winona Heritage Association to partner with the Milwaukee Road to restore the remaining station.
After the Milwaukee Road went into its final bankruptcy, it had deferred maintenance on the Winona station, which made it likely that building also would be demolished.
The original Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Empire Builder stopped at the Winona Junction station. It was on the east side of the Mississippi river in Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin on what is now the BNSF Northern Transcon line. Because this station was located across the Main Channel Bridge from downtown Winona, connecting "Burlington Bus" service was provided.Burlington Route Timetables, December 1947. Chicago: Poole Bros Inc. East Winona was another station location on the same track further southeast.
See also
References
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External links
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{{Amtrak web|WIN|Winona, MN}}
- [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/winona.htm Winona Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]
{{Amtrak Minnesota stations}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota}}
Category:Amtrak stations in Minnesota
Category:Buildings and structures in Winona, Minnesota
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Winona County, Minnesota
Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888
Category:Former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad stations