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White Sulphur Springs station

White Sulphur Springs
White Sulphur Springs WV Amtrak station 1.jpg
West bound Cardinal at the platform
Location 315 West Main Street
White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986
Coordinates 37°47′7″N 80°18′20″W / 37.78528°N 80.30556°W / 37.78528; -80.30556Coordinates: 37°47′7″N 80°18′20″W / 37.78528°N 80.30556°W / 37.78528; -80.30556
Line(s)
  Cardinal
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking Yes
Other information
Station code WSS
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 5,204 Decrease 13%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
Cardinal

White Sulphur Springs is a railway station in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, served by Amtrak, the national passenger railway. The station is a stop on Amtrak's Cardinal route.

The station was built in 1930 or 1931 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) to serve passengers on the new Pullman rail coaches to the resort hotel. The current brick building replaced a wooden structure that was built in the early 1900s. It is directly across from the entrance to The Greenbrier Hotel grounds.

The original cottages that eventually expanded to a resort property known as the Old White Hotel, was purchased by C&O in 1910. The hotel was renovated and reopened in 1913 as the Greenbrier. The hotel became a showcase for the railroad company and it was promoted in C&O's timetables and literature. Tracks behind the station were used for parking business-owned and private cars of the wealthy patrons that came to the hotel.

The station building now serves as resort hotel's own Christmas gift shop. The station's peppermint-striped paint job makes it unique among other Amtrak stations.


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