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San Antonio Station

San Antonio
San Antonio Train Station.jpg
Location 350 Hoefgen Street
San Antonio, Texas
United States
Owned by VIA Metropolitan Transit
Platforms 1 side & 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Thruway Motorcoach
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code Amtrak code: SAS
History
Opened 1998
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 62,002 Decrease 9.2%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited
toward New Orleans
Texas Eagle
toward Chicago
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station
San Antonio station (Texas) is located in Texas
San Antonio station (Texas)
San Antonio station (Texas) is located in the US
San Antonio station (Texas)
Location San Antonio, Texas
Coordinates 29°25′12″N 98°28′40″W / 29.42000°N 98.47778°W / 29.42000; -98.47778Coordinates: 29°25′12″N 98°28′40″W / 29.42000°N 98.47778°W / 29.42000; -98.47778
Built 1902
Architect Daniel J. Patterson
Architectural style Spanish Mission
NRHP Reference # 75001955
Added to NRHP May 29, 1975

San Antonio is an Amtrak railroad station located on the eastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas.

San Antonio Station serves two Amtrak lines; the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle. The two lines are actually part of the same train from Los Angeles, California, but splits at this station with the Sunset Limited continuing onto New Orleans, Louisiana and the Texas Eagle to Chicago, Illinois.

San Antonio Station provides an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach route serving Harlingen, Brownsville, and McAllen, Texas.

Amtrak previously utilized the historic Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) Station, that was also known as the Sunset Station. It was designed by SP's architect Daniel J. Patterson in the Spanish Mission Revival style, and built in 1902 by the SP. The train station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Amtrak moved operations in 1998 to a smaller depot that was built adjacent to the older Sunset Station. Under its owner, VIA Metropolitan Transit, the historic Sunset Station underwent an extensive restoration and now serves as an entertainment complex. The station also neighbors the Alamodome. There is even a preserved 2-8-2 Baldwin "Mikado" steam locomotive that had belonged to the Southern Pacific railroad, was donated to the City of San Antonio at the end of its service life in 1956, and placed on static display at nearby Maverick Park for many years before being relocated to the station. Another "Mikado", donated simultaneously to the City of Austin, is operated on excursion trains for live steam enthusiasts by the Austin Steam Train Association.


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