| Style: | Amtrak |
| Clifton Forge, VA | |
| Address: | 307 East Ridgeway Street |
| Borough: | Clifton Forge, Virginia |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 37.8146°N -79.8274°W |
| Owned: | CSX Transportation |
| Line: | CSX Alleghany Subdivision |
| Platform: | 1 side platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Opened: | 1857 |
| Rebuilt: | 1891 1897 1906 |
| Accessible: | Platform only |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Mapframe: | yes |
Clifton Forge station is a train station in Clifton Forge, Virginia, serving Amtrak's Cardinal line. It is located at 307 East Ridgeway Street.
The Virginia Central Railroad extended to Clifton Forge in 1857 here, a point originally called Jackson River.[1] The railroad's first station building on the site was constructed in 1891. Passenger operations moved to the nearby Gladys Inn in 1897.
The modern two-story station building is a clapboard structure originally built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1906 as the railway's local offices. It became the passenger station in 1930 when the Gladys Inn was converted into the local YMCA building.[2] It sits just east of a major locomotive fuel facility for CSX Transportation.
In 2013, Amtrak announced that it plans to move the stop to a new station built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society.[3] [4] The building is a replica of the original 1891 station, and it is located on Main Street, east of the current facility.