Poplar Bluff station

Poplar Bluff is a historic train station in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

Poplar Bluff
The Poplar Bluff station in January 2017.
Location	400 South Main Street Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 United States
Owned by	Poplar Bluff Historic Depot Restoration Corporation
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: PBF
History
Opened	1910
Passengers
2017	4,900[1]  2.85%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Walnut Ridge toward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Arcadia Valley toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Walnut Ridge toward Laredo or Houston Inter-American St. Louis toward Chicago Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station Neelyville toward Texarkana Texarkana – St. Louis Hendrickson toward St. Louis
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Historic marker near the staircase
Location	400 S. Main St., Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Coordinates	36°45′13″N 90°23′36″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1910
Built by	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
MPS	Poplar Bluff MPS
NRHP reference No.	94001397[2]
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1994

History

The station was built in 1910 by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. When the line and railroad was bought by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1917, the station was renamed the Missouri Pacific Depot, and when the line was bought by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982, the station was renamed the Union Pacific Depot in 1983, despite the fact that it was already used by Amtrak.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

In 2003, Union Pacific donated the building to the Committee to Save and Restore the Historic Train Depot, a citizens-led non-profit that has since reorganized as the Poplar Bluff Historic Depot Restoration Corporation. The group has worked to raise money to restore the depot to include the exterior and interior.[4]

See also

• List of Amtrak stations

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Missouri" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. Philip Thomason (May 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depot" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
4. "Poplar Bluff Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

• Butler County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places

External links

• Amtrak Texas Eagle Stations - Poplar Bluff, MO

• Poplar Bluff, MO – Amtrak
• Poplar Bluff Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Poplar Bluff, MO (PBF) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)