White Sulphur Springs station
White Sulphur Springs, WV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 315 West Main Street White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°47′7″N 80°18′20″W / 37.78528°N 80.30556°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | CSX Alleghany Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: WSS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 1930–1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2025 | 6,508[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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White Sulphur Springs station 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.
History
In the early 1900s, a wooden frame passenger station was built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O).[2]
A brick station was built in 1930 or 1931 by C&O to serve passengers on the new Pullman rail coaches to The Greenbrier resort hotel.[3] It is directly across from the entrance to The Greenbrier grounds.
The original cottages, which eventually expanded into a resort property known as the Old White Hotel, were purchased by C&O in 1910.[4] The hotel was renovated and reopened in 1913 as the Greenbrier.[3] The hotel became a showcase for the railroad company.[3] It was promoted in C&O's timetables and literature.[3] Tracks behind the station were used for parking business-owned and private cars of the wealthy patrons that came to the hotel.[3] The hotel stayed in the hands of C&O and its successors, Chessie System and CSX, until 2009.[3]
The historic Colonial Revival style depot building now serves as the hotel's year-round Christmas gift shop.[5][6][7] Originally painted all white, the station now has a bright holiday red-and-white "candy cane" paint job making it unique among other Amtrak stations.[3][8]
Since the late 1980s/early 1990s, Amtrak passengers have used the adjacent covered platform.[3] This is an unstaffed station with no amenities or station services: rest room, ticketing, checked baggage, etc.[9] Overnight parking at the station is available, but there is no Amtrak ticketing kiosk; all tickets must be purchased in advance.[9] Complimentary transportation is provided between the train station and The Greenbrier resort.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal year 2025: State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. January 2026. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society (COHS) images 482, 5307, 5861". archives.cohs.org. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "White Sulphur Springs, WV (WSS)". Great American Stations. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society (COHS) image - 644". archives.cohs.org. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Christmas Shop at the Depot". Greenbrier County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Christmas Shop at the Depot". greenbrier.com. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- ↑ Pittman, Melody; Richards, Angela (2023). 100 Things to Do in West Virginia Before You Die. Reedy Press. ISBN 9781681064291. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society (COHS) images - 29569, 46793, 28565, 36259". archives.cohs.org. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- 1 2 "White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia". Amtrak. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Getting to the Greenbrier" (PDF). greenbrier.com. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
External links
Media related to White Sulphur Springs (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons