Culpeper station is a train station in Culpeper, Virginia. It was originally built by the Southern Railway in 1904, replacing an 1874 station house which itself replaced two stations originally built by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. It is currently served by Amtrak's long-distance Cardinal and Crescent routes, along with two daily Northeast Regional trains with final stops in New York or Boston to the north and Roanoke to the south.[2]
When then-owner Norfolk Southern Railway tried to demolish a portion of the depot in 1985, a citizens' committee formed to save the building. In 1995, the town successfully prepared a $700,000 renovation grant under the Virginia Department of Transportation Enhancement Program. Three years later, Norfolk Southern sold the depot to the town, and in 2000 the renovated building opened to the public. Additional work to the freight section was completed in 2003.[3]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "Amtrak Virginia announces new Northeast Regional service".
- ^ "Culpeper, VA station". Great American Stations. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
External links
Media related to Culpeper station at Wikimedia Commons
- Culpeper, VA – Amtrak
- Culpeper, VA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Culpeper Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)