Eugene–Springfield station

Eugene–Springfield is a train station in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is served by Amtrak's Coast Starlight passenger train and is the southern terminus of the Amtrak Cascades corridor. The station is also served by the Cascades POINT bus service.

For the bus terminal, see Eugene Station.
Eugene–Springfield
Eugene-Springfield station with the Coast Starlight in 2018
Location433 Willamette Street
Eugene, Oregon
United States
Coordinates44°03′19″N 123°05′32″W
Owned byCity of Eugene
Line(s)Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeEUG
History
Opened1908
Rebuilt2004
Passengers
201693,182[1]  5.4%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Terminus Amtrak Cascades Albany
toward Vancouver, British Columbia
Chemult
toward Los Angeles
 Coast Starlight Albany
toward Seattle
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Goshen
Via Siskiyou Line
toward Oakland Pier
 Shasta Route Junction City
toward Portland
Springfield
Via Cascade Line
toward Oakland Pier
Veneta
toward Marshfield
 Marshfield – Eugene Terminus
Southern Pacific Passenger Depot
Interior of the Eugene Depot
LocationEugene, Oregon
ArchitectModeled after stations by H. H. Richardson[2]
Architectural styleAmerican Craftsman, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.07000823
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 2007

History

The station was built in 1908 by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Southern Pacific Passenger Depot in 2007.[3]

The current station is the third passenger depot built at this location.[2] Built of masonry, it is one of five masonry depots that still exist along the original Southern Pacific West Coast line. The other depots are in Albany, Medford, Roseburg and Salem.[4]

When Amtrak took over intercity rail operations in 1971, it cut back service to a single train through Eugene, what eventually became the Coast Starlight. A brief attempt at corridor service began in 1980 with the Willamette Valley, but ended in 1981. For the next 13 years, the only intercity service through Eugene was the Coast Starlight, which arrived northbound at lunchtime and southbound during the afternoon rush. However, in 1994, Amtrak extended the Seattle-Portland Mount Rainier to Eugene on a trial basis. This proved successful enough that the train was renamed the Cascadia in 1995. The Cascadia was merged into Amtrak Cascades along with all of Amtrak's other Pacific Northwest services in 1998, and a Portland-Eugene round trip was added in 2000.

Southern Pacific sold the building to the Jenova Land Company in 1993, and ten years later the city of Eugene bought the depot as part of a plan to develop a regional transportation center. In 2004, the city oversaw a $4.5 million restoration project. Workers restored the exterior brickwork and trim and gutted and renovated the interior. New tile floors, oak and fir trim, covered ceilings, wooden benches and expanded bathrooms were installed.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2016, State of Oregon" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. Style & Vernacular: A Guide to the Architecture of Lane County, Oregon. Western Imprints, The Press of the Oregon Historical Society. 1983. ISBN 0-87595-085-X.
  3. "Heritage Programs: National Register—Recent Nominations". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  4. Christie, Tim (September 7, 2007). "Railroad depot speeds into history books". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  5. "Eugene Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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