Greensburg station explained

Greensburg, PA
Style:Amtrak
Address:Harrison Avenue & Seton Hill Drive
Borough:Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Country:U.S.
Coordinates:40.3044°N -79.5467°W
Owned:StoneKim Properties LLC
Line:Norfolk Southern Railway Pittsburgh Line (Keystone Corridor)
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: Westmoreland County Transit Authority
Accessible:Yes
Opened:1912
Rebuilt:1995
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Nrhp:
Greensburg Railroad Station
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Embed:yes
Designated Other1:PHLF
Designated Other1 Date:2014[1]
Coordinates:40.3044°N -79.5467°W
Built:1911
Architect:William H. Cookman
Architecture:Jacobean Revival
Added:November 7, 1977
Refnum:77001202
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Greensburg station is an Amtrak railway station located approximately east of Pittsburgh at Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The station is located just north of the city center. It is served only by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once daily in each direction.

History

The station was opened in 1912 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of a project to elevate the right-of-way as it passed through Greensburg. William Holmes Cookman served as architect.[2] The depot is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern with stone trim and quoins on the building's corners; the overall architectural style is Jacobean Revival. A copper ogee dome with a finial tops a tall square clock tower. Ornamented parapets with center cartouches and corner finials surround the dome.[3]

From March to November 1981, the station was the eastern terminus of PennDOT's Parkway Limited train, which took commuters to Pittsburgh. Until 2005, Greensburg was served by the Three Rivers (a replacement service for the Broadway Limited), an extended version of the Pennsylvanian that terminated in Chicago. Its cancellation marked the first time in Greensburg's railway history that a single daily passenger train served the town. The small shelter that serves as the present station has no ticket office.

The station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.[4] The historic station now houses a restaurant.[5]

Westmoreland County Transit Authority's transit center is approximately south of the train station. All WCTA bus routes pass through Greensburg Station at the transit center. Greyhound also has a bus stop at the WCTA transit center.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Historic Landmark Plaques 1968–2014 . 2014 . Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation . Pittsburgh . 19 . April 20, 2021.
  2. Book: Potter, Janet Greenstein . Great American Railroad Stations . John Wiley & Sons, Inc. . 1996 . 978-0471143895 . New York . 192.
  3. Web site: Greensburg Station . Great American Stations . November 3, 2014.
  4. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/PA/Westmoreland/state.html Westmoreland County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #77001202)
  5. News: Greensburg Train Station to get new restaurant . April 2, 2010 . Trib Total Media Inc. . . April 11, 2010 . https://archive.today/20130131075234/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_674522.html . January 31, 2013 . dead.