Historic and existing passenger train stations in Arizona, United States.

StationRailwayBuiltNotes
Aguila1905Originally Arizona and California Railway depot. Last Santa Fe service 1955. Moved to Scottsdale's McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in 1972. Still standing.
AjoTC&GB1916Last mixed passenger service in 1984. Still standing.
Ash ForkATSF1907Escalante Harvey House and depot built 1907. Last passenger service 1969. Razed 1984. Freight station still stands as Burlington Northern Santa Fe maintenance-of-way crewhouse.
BensonSPRR1880Last passenger service 1971. Razed 1970s. Replica of depot building constructed on this location in early 2000s for Chamber of Commerce. Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle stop at a shed nearby.
BensonSPSRPortable-module structure located one mile south of downtown. Current offices of the San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad, a 7-mile long (11 km) freight railroad. Passenger facilities were located at depot from 1995 to 2000, when previous San Pedro and Southwestern Railway-owned railroad offered Grey Hawk passenger excursions from Benson-Charleston along the San Pedro River. Depot office Still standing.
Bowie[1]
Buckeye[2]
Casa GrandeSPRR1879New depot built 1924. Last passenger service 1960s. Destroyed in a fire in 2009.
ChandlerSPRR1911Last passenger service 1964. Razed 1970s. The Arizona Railway Museum built a similar building nearby as its headquarters.
ClarkdaleATSF1912Built by Verde Valley Railway. Last Santa Fe mixed passenger service 1955. Depot destroyed in a fire 1970s. Verde Canyon Railroad tourist train service returned in November 1990; new depot built in 1996 by the Durbano family.
CliftonSPRR1913Built by Arizona and New Mexico Railway. Last Southern Pacific mixed passenger service 1967. Still standing. Replica of this depot built in late 1990s at Scottsdale's McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park.
Cochise1905Moved to 1825 West Dragoon Road within the town limits of Cochise and is now the Cochise Marijuana Dispensary.
Coolidge1925Closed 1973, razed later in the 1970s. Last Amtrak passenger service at nearby shed, 1996.
Dome
DouglasSPRR1913Built by El Paso and Southwestern Railroad. Last Southern Pacific passenger service 1963. The San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad briefly used the depot from 1992 to 1995 for a crew terminal, prior to abandonment of their Paul Spur-Douglas trackage. Still stands as City of Douglas Police Department.
Dragoon
Drake1901Name changed from Cedar Glade, 1920. Last passenger services 1955 and 1969. Depot moved to Prescott in 1970s and is now a gift shop adjacent to Hillside Station on Iron Southern Pacificrings Road.
Eloy
Estrella
FlagstaffATSF1889Built by Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Restored 1999 as a new office. Santa Fe depot built 1926, last Santa Fe passenger service 1971. Currently served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief. Both still stand.
FlorenceSPRR
FortunaSPRR
Fort ThomasSPRR
Gila BendSPRR1915Last Southern Pacific passenger service 1960s. Last Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad mixed passenger service 1984. Depot razed 1970s.
GilbertSPRR
GlendaleATSF1895Original depot built by Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. Closed 1961. New depot built 1959. Last Santa Fe passenger service 1969. Still standing.
GlobeSPRR1916Built by Arizona Eastern Railway. Last passenger service 1953. Still standing. Was served by Arizona Eastern Railway's Copper Spike excursion motorcar in 2006.
Grand CanyonGCRX1904Built by Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroad. Last Santa Fe passenger service July 1968. Restored by National Park Service, 1987. Excursion service began September 1989 by Grand Canyon Railway.
Grand CanyonATSF1905El Tovar Harvey House. Designed by Santa Fe Railway architect Charles Whittlesey. Still standing. Currently owned by National Park Service and operated by Xanterra.
Grand CanyonATSF1935Bright Angel Lodge. Designed by renowned architect Elizabeth Jane Colter (Mary E. J. Colter). Still standing. Currently owned by National Park Service and operated by Xanterra.
HaydenSPRR
HillsideSFP&P1902Last passenger service 1969. Depot moved to Prescott 1970s, now a restaurant adjacent to Drake Station gift shop in Iron Southern Pacificrings Road.
HolbrookATSF1892Built by Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Enlarged 1907, 1912. Last Santa Fe passenger service 1971. Still standing. Restored in 2006.
HyderSPRR1926Opened as Agua. Last passenger service 1944. Razed in 1950s. Site of still-unsolved 1995 derailment of Amtrak's Sunset Limited.
JeromeVT&Sc. 1919Passenger service consisted of intermittent traffic via rail bus. Entire railroad abandoned in 1953. Depot still stands on Phelps Dodge property in a fenced-in area at the Jerome Open Pit. Current Photo #1#2
KingmanATSF1907Last Santa Fe passenger service 1971. Currently served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief. Restored in 2007.
Kingman1901Harvey House. Renovated for use by soldiers training at Kingman Airfield in 1942. A fire destroyed all interiors in 1952, and it was razed a year later.
LitchfieldSPRR1926Built to serve the communities of Goodyear, Avondale and Litchfield Park. Last passenger service unknown. Still stands, vacant on property near tracks in Avondale.
Maricopa1879The earliest depot was a two-story wooden building with deep eaves and prominent brick chimneys. Later razed, it was replaced in the 1930s by a small clapboard depot that was moved to Scottsdale's McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in 2004. Amtrak has stopped at a new portable structure nearby since late 1990s.
MesaSPRR1931Last passenger service 1971. The 1980 "Hattie B" flood relief train served this station. Burned, January 1989.
MescalSPRR
MiamiSPRR1920sBuilt by Arizona Eastern Railway. Last Southern Pacific mixed passenger service, 1953. Still standing.
NogalesSPRR1914Last mixed passenger service, 1951. Razed, 1963 for an enlarged border crossing.
ParkerATSF1907Built by Arizona and California Railroad. Last Santa Fe passenger service 1955. Still in use by Arizona and California Railroad as a company office.
PatagoniaSPRR1900Built by New Mexico & Arizona Railroad. Last Southern Pacific passenger service 1962. Still standing. Restored in 1990s and 2000s.
PeoriaATSF1895Built by Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. Last Santa Fe passenger service 1969. Moved to Scottsdale's McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, 1972. Still standing.
PerkinsvilleATSF1912Built by Verde Valley Railroad. Last Santa Fe mixed passenger service, 1955. Verde Canyon Railroad passenger service returned adjacent to depot in November 1990. Privately owned by Perkins Family Ranch. Still standing.
Phoenix Union StationATSF/SPRR1923Last Santa Fe passenger service, April 1969. Last Southern Pacific service May 1971. Last Amtrak service, June 1996. Still standing. Restored in 1990s and 2000s; currently owned by a telecommunications company.
PhoenixSFP&P1895Closed 1923.
PhoenixSFP&Pearly 1910sSecond depot. Closed 1950s.
PhoenixAZER/M&P1800s?Closed 1950s.
PrescottATSF1907Built by Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. Last Santa Fe passenger service April 1962. Still standing.
PicachoSPRR
PimaSPRR
Ray JunctionSPRR
Red RockSPRR1917Built to Two-Story Combination Depot No. 22 plan by Southern Pacific. Last passenger service unknown. Still stands as residence near tracks in community of Red Rock, northwest Tucson.[3]
RillitoSPRRLast passenger service unknown. Still stands vacant adjacent to tracks in northwest Tucson.
SaffordAZER/SPRR1928Last Southern Pacific passenger service 1953. Still standing.
SalomeATSF1905Built by Arizona and California Railroad. Last Santa Fe passenger service 1955. Removed by October 2021.
San SimonSPRR
SeligmanATSF1897El Havasu Harvey House. Built by Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Last Santa Fe passenger service 1971. Last Amtrak service 1984. Demolished, 2008.
SentinelSPRR
SteinsSPRR
StockhamSPRR
Skull ValleyP&E1895Moved from Cherry Creek, 1926. Last passenger service, April 1969. Currently used as town museum.
SuperiorMAA1923Last mixed passenger service 1940. Razed by BHP-Billiton and Resolution Copper Company in early 2000s.
TempeSPRR1924Last Amtrak service, June 1996. Still stands; used as Macayo's Depot Cantina restaurant. Valley Metro Rail station located one block east of depot.
TombstoneSPRR1882Built by El Paso and Southwestern Railroad. Last Southern Pacific passenger service, August 1960. Still standing.
Tucson1907Remodeled 1942. Current Amtrak service. Restored in early 2000s, now features restaurants, shops and Southern Arizona Transportation Museum.
TucsonEP&SW1913Last passenger service 1960s. Still stands; was used as a restaurant. Vacant in 2007.
WelltonSPRR
WickenburgATSF1895Built by Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. Last Santa Fe passenger service April 1969. Still stands; used as Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce.
WillcoxSPRR1914Last passenger service 1971. Restored by city, 1999.
WilliamsA&P1885Last passenger service 1908. Still stands; used as Williams Chamber of Commerce since 1994.
WilliamsATSF1908Last passenger service December 1960. Still stands; used by Grand Canyon Railway as their terminal since 1989. Owned and operated by Xanterra since 2007.
WilliamsATSF1908Fray Marcos Harvey House. Last hotel patrons in 1954. Purchased and restored in 1989 by Biegert Family. Still stands; used by Grand Canyon Railway as their gift shop, offices, dispatching, commissary and storage since 1989. Modern Grand Canyon Railway Hotel opened in 1995 to the north of 1908 structure. Owned and operated by Xanterra since 2007.
Williams JunctionATSF1960Last passenger service April 1969. Razed 1984. Platform rebuilt 1999 for restored Amtrak Southwest Chief service and connecting bus shuttle to Williams Grand Canyon Railway depot.
WinslowATSF1930Last Santa Fe passenger service 1971. Currently served by Amtrak.
WinslowATSF1929La Posada Harvey House. Designed by renowned architect Elizabeth Jane Colter (Mary E. J. Colter). Last hotel patrons in 1957. Still standing. Housed Santa Fe dispatching offices until spring 1995. Purchased and restored in 1997 by the Affeldt/Mion familyand converted to a hotel. Served by Amtrak and U.S. Route 66.
YumaSPRR1926Housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum after 1971. Burned 1995. Current Amtrak services at nearby platform.

Images of some of the remaining railroad stations in Arizona.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Tucson Division Stations".
  2. ↑ "Tucson Division Stations".
  3. ↑ Bender, Henry E. Jr. (2013). Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots. Berkeley and Wilton, California: Signature Press. pp. 134, 146. ISBN 978-1-930013-33-9.

Sources

  • Field observations and inspections – 1987–2007, W. Lindley (Arizona Rail Passenger Association) and M. Pearsall (Arizona DOT). Historic Official Railway Guides and timetables.
  • Arizona Rail Passenger Association – http://www.azrail.org/
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