Poplar Bluff station

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Poplar Bluff
File:Stair0926131303-01.jpg
Stone staircase leading down to the depot building
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
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 5,829[1]Decrease 1.8%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
Texas Eagle
toward Chicago
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depot(a.k.a. Missouri Pacific Depot, and Union Pacific Depot)
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Historic marker near the staircase
Poplar Bluff station is located in Missouri
Poplar Bluff station
Location Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA
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Built 1910
Architect St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Architectural style Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP Reference # 94001397
Added to NRHP 1994

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

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. 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.[2]

References

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