White Sulphur Springs, WV
Westbound Cardinal at the platform
General information
Location315 West Main Street
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
United States
Coordinates37°47′7″N 80°18′20″W / 37.78528°N 80.30556°W / 37.78528; -80.30556
Line(s)CSX Alleghany Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: WSS
Passengers
FY 20224,293[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Alderson
toward Chicago
 Cardinal Clifton Forge
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Hinton
toward Chicago
 James Whitcomb Riley
1974–1977
 Clifton Forge
toward Washington, D.C.
James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington
1971–1974
 Clifton Forge
toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
Ronceverte
toward Cincinnati
 Main Line Alleghany
toward Washington, D.C. or Old Point Comfort

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.[2] The current brick building replaced a wooden structure that was built in the early 1900s.[2] 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.[2] The hotel became a showcase for the railroad company and it was promoted in C&O's timetables and literature.[2] Tracks behind the station were used for parking business-owned and private cars of the wealthy patrons that came to the hotel.[2] 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.[3] 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.[2] 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "White Sulphur Springs, WV (WSS)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Christmas Shop at the Depot". Greenbrier County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
Looking east at the loading platform

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