Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot
The Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot is an Amtrak train station in Cleburne, Texas, United States.
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The Cleburne station in February 2017. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 206 North Border Street Cleburne, Texas, 76031 United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°20′59″N 97°22′56″W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Cleburne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Cletran[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | free short-term | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak code: CBR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 3,747 [2] 4.63% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
For many years, Cleburne was the site of a major locomotive backshop of the Santa Fe Railroad, and many shop buildings can be seen on the east side of the track. The 1898 two-story brick depot was scaled down to one floor and ultimately demolished during the 1990s to make way for a road improvement project.[3]
Cleburne became the northern end of the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway in 1904,[4] with the portion from Teague now abandoned.
Cleburne's current intermodal station, built in 1999, serves Amtrak trains and is the office for Cletran,[1] the local bus transit. In recent history, the station has become less prestigious and the surrounding buildings have become mostly abandoned.[5] The station is unstaffed,[1] and all tickets must be purchased in advance; there is not even a Quik-Trak kiosk.
References
- "City / County Transportation (Cletran)". City of Cleburne. Retrieved December 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - "Amtrak service in Cleburne, TX" (PDF). Rail Passengers Association. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- Evan Werkema. "Some Recent Losses: Depots". Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Subjects. Retrieved December 2015.
Cleburne, TX once sported a large two-story brick depot. The structure was later reduced to this rather modest, unadorned edifice.
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(help) - Nancy Beck Young. "Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved December 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - "Cleburne Downtown Master Plan Report - Final". City of Cleburne. July 2014. Retrieved December 2015.
Much of the eastern quadrant is vacant and contains the intermodal rail station.
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External links
Media related to Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot at Wikimedia Commons
- Cleburne, TX – Amtrak
- Amtrak Stations Database
- Cleburne, Texas (CBR) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)