Malvern station (Arkansas)

Malvern
The depot at Malvern in February 2017.
Location	200 East First Street Malvern, AR 72104 United States
Coordinates	34°21′56″N 92°48′49″W / 34.36556°N 92.81361°W / 34.36556; -92.81361Coordinates: 34°21′56″N 92°48′49″W / 34.36556°N 92.81361°W / 34.36556; -92.81361
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: MVN
History
Opened	1916
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,760  7.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Arkadelphia toward San Antonio or Los Angeles Texas Eagle Little Rock toward Chicago
Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot-Malvern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Malvern, Arkansas, USA
MPS	Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference #	92000615
Added to NRHP	June 11, 1992
Location
Malvern Location within Arkansas

Malvern is a train station at 200 E. First Street in Malvern, Arkansas. A former Missouri Pacific Railroad station, this 24-by-84-foot (7.3 by 25.6 m) red brick depot was originally constructed in 1916. Amtrak's Texas Eagle serves Malvern with one daily passenger train in each direction. The station is unstaffed and, because trains stop on a flag stop basis, advance reservations are strongly recommended.

From 1876-1901, Malvern was the only junction point for rail passengers desiring to travel to Hot Springs National Park. Passengers arriving on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, a predecessor of Missouri Pacific Railroad, would transfer at Malvern to the trains of the Hot Springs Railroad. The former roundhouse of the Hot Springs Railroad is located across the track from the Malvern Amtrak station.

Malvern is the closest Amtrak station for Hot Springs National Park, but it is now necessary to travel by automobile over the 20 miles between the two points.