Raton, NM
General information
Location201 South First Street
Raton, New Mexico
Coordinates36°54′04″N 104°26′16″W / 36.9010°N 104.4378°W / 36.9010; -104.4378
Elevation6,750 feet (2,060 m)
Owned byBNSF Railway
Line(s)BNSF Raton Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Amtrak Thruway
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: RAT
History
OpenedJuly 4, 1879[1][2]
RebuiltMay 7, 1903–January 4, 1904[3][4]
Previous namesOtero (1879–1880)[1]
Key dates
January 1904Former station demolished[4]
Passengers
FY 20226,133[5] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Las Vegas
toward Los Angeles
 Southwest Chief Trinidad
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Dillon
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line Lynn
toward Chicago

Raton is an active railroad station in the city of Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. Located at 201 South First Street, the station serves Amtrak's Southwest Chief. Connections are also available to Denver, Colorado via Amtrak Thruway bus service. The station is staffed during the summer season when tourism for the Philmont Scout Ranch and the National Rifle Association (NRA) Whittington Center is at its peak. During off-seasons, it is open at all train times, maintained by a caretaker. Passengers with layovers there often visit the non-profit Old Pass Gallery, located on the station grounds in the restored 1910 Railway Express Agency building. The station also includes a former freight depot.

Railroad service through the community of Otero, New Mexico Territory began on July 4, 1879, when service opened to Las Vegas on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. The railroad began construction of a new station in May 1903. Designed in a Mission Revival architectural style, the new depot opened on January 4, 1904.

See also

Bibliography

  • Federal Writers' Project (1940). New Mexico: A Guide to the Colorful State. Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission. ISBN 9781623760304. Retrieved November 9, 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 "A. T. & S. F. R.R. Time Card No. 23, Taking Effect Sept. 7th". The Daily Gazette. Las Vegas, New Mexico. September 26, 1879. p. 3. Retrieved November 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project 1940, p. 96.
  3. ↑ "New Depot at Raton Now Under Way". Albuquerque Morning Journal. May 8, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. 1 2 "A Snap". The Las Vegas Daily Optic. January 7, 1904. p. 3. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of New Mexico" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

Further reading

  • Conway, Jay T. (1930). A brief community history of Raton, New Mexico. Raton: Gazette Print. p. 17 p.
  • Myrick, David F. (1990). New Mexico's railroads: a historical survey. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 276 p. ISBN 0-8263-1185-7.
  • Swain, George. "Railroads, towns and mining camps of the Raton region, 1860-1960". New Mexico Railroader. 10 (4).

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