Style: | Amtrak |
Purcell, OK | |
Address: | East Main Street and North Santa Fe Avenue |
Borough: | Purcell, Oklahoma |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 35.012°N -97.3573°W |
Platform: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Opened: | June 15, 1999 (Heartland Flyer)[1] |
Rebuilt: | June 14, 2001[2] |
Closed: | October 8, 1979 (Lone Star)[3] |
Accessible: | yes |
Other Services Header: | Former services |
Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
Mapframe: | yes |
Purcell (Amtrak: PUR) is an Amtrak station in Purcell, Oklahoma. The station is serviced by Amtrak's daily, which travels from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Fort Worth, Texas.
Rail service to the area was established by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway) in 1887, which aimed to create a junction between the Santa Fe and its Texas-based Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe division. A townsite for railway employees was constructed around the junction and named after the Santa Fe's director, Edward B. Purcell.
A station house was built at the junction in 1904. At some point, that station was demolished and rebuilt. The rebuilt station was in service until 1979, when the Lone Star was discontinued, and it was demolished in the 1990s.[4]
In 1999, the Heartland Flyer was established, which restored rail service to the city. The city constructed a brick station house for use as a waiting area, which opened on June 14, 2001. The interior contains Santa Fe memorabilia, including a bench from a former depot in Shawnee, Oklahoma.