Las Vegas station (New Mexico)
Amtrak train station in Las Vegas, New Mexico
Las Vegas station is an Amtrak train station at Railroad Avenue and Lincoln Street in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Built in 1899, the two-story brick station building was designed in the Spanish Mission style and features a red tile roof, ornate metal brackets and a curving parapet. The station was renovated in 2000, when approximately $1.2 million was secured from federal, state and private sources. It reopened as the Las Vegas Intermodal Facility and now houses a passenger waiting room and the city's Visitor Center.
The station is near the Castañeda Hotel, a former hotel built by Fred Harvey for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The hotel's architects were Frederick Roehrig and A. Reinsch. The hotel is the oldest Mission Revival Style building in the state of New Mexico, opening for business on January 17, 1899.
The station and former hotel are contributing properties to the Railroad Avenue Historic District.
Routes
Southwest Chief
See also
List of Amtrak stations
Bibliography
Federal Writers' Project (1940). New Mexico: A Guide to the Colorful State.
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