Dodge City (Amtrak station)

Dodge City
Station statistics
Address	Central Avenue and East Wyatt Earp Street Dodge City, KS, 67801
Coordinates	37°45′09″N 100°00′59″W / 37.7524°N 100.0164°W / 37.7524; -100.0164Coordinates: 37°45′09″N 100°00′59″W / 37.7524°N 100.0164°W / 37.7524; -100.0164
Lines	Southwest Chief
Parking	Yes
Other information
Opened	1896
Code	DDG
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	4,847[1]  14%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Garden City toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Hutchinson toward Chicago     Former services     Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Howell toward Los Angeles Main Line Wright toward Chicago Dearborn Station Garden City toward Los Angeles Main Line Major stations Great Bend (Via Great Bend, Ellinwood) toward Chicago Dearborn Station Hutchinson toward Chicago Dearborn Station Montezuma toward Boise City Boise City – Dodge City Terminus
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot(a.k.a. Dodge City Station) U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location: Dodge City, Kansas, USA Coordinates: 37°45′09″N 100°00′59″W / 37.7524°N 100.0164°W / 37.7524; -100.0164Coordinates: 37°45′09″N 100°00′59″W / 37.7524°N 100.0164°W / 37.7524; -100.0164 Built: 1896 Architect: J.C. Holland, Fellows & Van Sant Architectural style: Romanesque Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 00000791 Added to NRHP: July 14, 2000

The Dodge City Amtrak station is a train station in Dodge City, Kansas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1896, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the year 2000.^[2] The station has recently been renovated and restored, and is also used as a theater and for other recreational, cultural, and social uses. While the NRHP claims it's no longer used as a railroad station, Amtrak insists that the station is still active and served by the Southwest Chief.

Of the six Kansas stations served by Amtrak, Dodge City was the fifth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 13 passengers daily.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Kansas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/KANSAS10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-1-6. 
2. ^ Ford County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places

External links

Media related to Dodge City (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Dodge City, KS
• Dodge City, Kansas; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Southwest Chief route guide
• Dodge City Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• El Vaquero Hotel (Fred Harvey Collection)
• ATSF Dodge City, Kansas Depot (Surviving Santa Fe Depots)