Salem station (Oregon) explained

Style:Amtrak
Salem, OR
Coordinates:44.9322°N -123.0281°W
Owned:State of Oregon
Tracks:1
Parking:25 long term spaces
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
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Salem Southern Pacific Railroad Station
Embed:yes
Architect:Christie, J.H.; Stebinger Bros.
Architecture:Queen Anne, Beaux-Arts
Added:February 12, 2010
Refnum:10000015
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:15

Salem station is an Amtrak train station in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is served by Amtrak Cascades corridor trains going to and from Portland, Oregon, as well as the long-distance Coast Starlight. Greyhound Lines and some regional buses also stop at the station.

History

This station was constructed for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1918 and is the third station to be built at this location.[1] The two previous stations were built in 1871 and 1889.[2] The 1871 depot burned down in 1885.[2] It is commonly believed that the Queen Anne style 1889 depot burned down on March 5, 1917,[2] but newspaper reports from the time say it was unsightly and, except for the baggage wing, demolished.[3]

The current Beaux-Arts-style structure was designed by Southern Pacific's chief architect John H. Christie.[4] [5] It is constructed of masonry, and 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 Eugene.[6]

A restoration project by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) was completed in 2000.[1] [7] Amtrak leases the station from ODOT for $1 a year, in exchange for maintenance of the building and grounds.

An 1889 Railway Express Agency (REA) freight depot/baggage shed from the previous station was kept and is the oldest freight depot still in existence in the state. Either after the 1917 fire or in preparation for constructing the new depot, the Queen Anne-style REA depot was relocated from its original site to the south.[2] [3] The REA depot had not been used since the mid-1970s, but ODOT restored it in the late 2000s for use by Greyhound.[8]

The station and baggage depot were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 2010.[9] In 2011, daily ridership on Amtrak between Salem and Portland reached 24,146 boardings.[10]

Greyhound Lines moved operations from its downtown station to here in 2013, first to the north wing of the station building and, upon completion of renovations in 2018, to the former freight shed.[11] [12] [13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salem's Railroad Depots. Salem Online History. 2007-09-19. 2007-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20070811050729/http://www.salemhistory.net/transportation/railroad_depots.htm. live.
  2. Web site: Salem City Council Agenda: National Register of Historic Places Nomination for Southern Pacific Railroad Depot . City of Salem . October 12, 2009 . 2009-10-12 .
  3. http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/docs/Salem%20Depots%20Historic%20Explanation.pdf Salem Depots Historic Explanation.pdf
  4. Web site: Oregon Digital. oregondigital.org. 2016-05-08. 2017-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510124449/http://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df67rq46n. live.
  5. Web site: Salem, OR — Great American Stations. www.greatamericanstations.com. 2016-05-08. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191415/http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/SLM. dead.
  6. News: Christie . Tim . Railroad depot speeds into history books . . September 7, 2007 . 2007-09-19.
  7. Web site: Oregon Dept. of Transportation Museum. Oregon Department of Transportation. 2007-09-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061215211852/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/Museum2.shtml. 2006-12-15.
  8. Web site: Communications Salem Railroad Baggage Depot Project . 2017-05-22 . 2017-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170508181231/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/Pages/SalemRRBaggageDepot.aspx . live .
  9. Web site: National Park Service . National Park Service . Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/08/10 through 2/12/10 . 2010-02-19 . 2010-02-19 . 2010-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100302093627/http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20100219.htm . live .
  10. News: Amtrak gaining popularity among commuters who ride between Portland, Oregon City and Salem . March 5, 2012 . Joseph . Rose . The Oregonian . 2012-03-06 . 2012-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306121904/http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/03/amtrak_gaining_popularity_amon.html . live .
  11. Web site: Greyhound on the move in Salem . Tom . Henderson . . April 29, 2013 . August 14, 2013 . April 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402012527/http://djcoregon.com/news/2013/04/29/greyhound-on-the-move-in-salem/ . live .
  12. News: Greyhound to move bus depot to Amtrak station . Rose . Michael . . May 7, 2013 . May 17, 2020 . November 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231108035010/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/115561786/ . live .
  13. News: Lynn . Capi . Statesman Journal . January 30, 2018 . After $2.7 million renovation, historic depot reopens in Salem .

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