White Sulphur Springs station
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White Sulphur Springs station 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 Greenbrier resort hotel.[1] The current brick building replaced a wooden structure that was built in the early 1900s.[1] It is directly across from the entrance to The Greenbrier 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.[1] The hotel became a showcase for the railroad company and it was promoted in C&O's timetables and literature.[1] Tracks behind the station were used for parking business-owned and private cars of the wealthy patrons that came to the hotel.[1] The hotel stayed in the hands of C&O and its successors, Chessie System and CSX, until 2009.
The former station building now serves as the hotel's own Christmas gift shop.[2] The station's red-and-white "candy cane" paint job makes it unique among other Amtrak stations. Since the late 1980s/early 1990s, Amtrak passengers have used the adjacent covered platform.[1] No Amtrak agent or station services (ticketing, checked baggage, etc.) are available at this station, not even a Quik-Trak kiosk; all tickets must be purchased in advance.
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- Amtrak stations in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Railway stations in West Virginia
- Former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stations
- Transportation in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia