Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot

Amtrak train station in Cleburne, Texas

32°20′59″N 97°22′56″W / 32.34972°N 97.38222°W / 32.34972; -97.38222Owned byCity of CleburneLine(s)BNSF RailwayPlatforms1 side platformTracks2Connections

Cletran^[1]ConstructionParkingYes, short-termAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: CBRHistoryOpened1898Rebuilt1999PassengersFY 20222,945^[2] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
McGregor toward Los Angeles or San Antonio		Texas Eagle		Fort Worth toward Chicago

Former services

Preceding station	Amtrak		Following station
McGregor toward Laredo or Houston		Inter-American	Fort Worth toward Chicago
McGregor toward Houston		Lone Star	Fort Worth toward Chicago
Preceding station	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway		Following station
Joshua toward Purcell		Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Main Line	Rio Vista toward Galveston
Terminus		Cleburne–Paris	Keene toward Paris

The Cleburne Intermodal Transportation Depot is an Amtrak train station in Cleburne, Texas, United States.

History

For many years, Cleburne was the site of a major locomotive backshop of the Santa Fe Railroad, and many shop buildings can be seen on the east side of the track. The 1898 two-story brick depot was scaled down to one floor and ultimately demolished during the 1990s to make way for a road expansion project.^[3]

Cleburne became the northern end of the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway in 1904,^[4] with the portion from Teague now abandoned.

Cleburne's current intermodal station, built in 1999, serves Amtrak trains and is the office for Cletran,^[1] the local bus transit. In recent history, the station has become less prestigious and the surrounding buildings have become mostly abandoned.^[5] The station is unstaffed,^[1] and all tickets must be purchased in advance.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "City / County Transportation (Cletran)". City of Cleburne. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ Evan Werkema. "Some Recent Losses: Depots". Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Subjects. Retrieved 29 December 2015. Cleburne, TX once sported a large two-story brick depot. The structure was later reduced to this rather modest, unadorned edifice.
^ Nancy Beck Young. "Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ "Cleburne Downtown Master Plan Report - Final". City of Cleburne. July 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2015. Much of the eastern quadrant is vacant and contains the intermodal rail station.