White Sulphur Springs station

White Sulphur Springs

West bound Cardinal at the platform
Location 315 West Main Street
White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986
Coordinates 37°47′7″N 80°18′20″W / 37.78528°N 80.30556°W / 37.78528; -80.30556Coordinates: 37°47′7″N 80°18′20″W / 37.78528°N 80.30556°W / 37.78528; -80.30556
Line(s)
  Cardinal
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking Yes
Other information
Station code WSS
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 5,204[1] Decrease 13%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
Cardinal

White Sulphur Springs is a railway station in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, served by Amtrak, the national passenger railway. The station is a stop on Amtrak's Cardinal route.

History

The station was built in 1930 or 1931 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) to serve passengers on the new Pullman rail coaches to the resort hotel.[2] The current brick building replaced a wooden structure that was built in the early 1900s.[2] It is directly across from the entrance to The Greenbrier Hotel grounds.

The original cottages that eventually expanded to a resort property known as the Old White Hotel, was purchased by C&O in 1910. The hotel was renovated and reopened in 1913 as the Greenbrier.[2] The hotel became a showcase for the railroad company and it was promoted in C&O's timetables and literature.[2] Tracks behind the station were used for parking business-owned and private cars of the wealthy patrons that came to the hotel.[2]

The station building now serves as resort hotel's own Christmas gift shop.[3] The station's peppermint-striped paint job makes it unique among other Amtrak stations.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "White Sulphur Springs, WV (WSS)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Christmas Shop at the Depot". Greenbrier County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
Looking east at the loading platform
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