Ashland station (Virginia)
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Ashland station (Virginia)
Ashland, VA | |||||||||||
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| Location | 112 North Railroad Avenue Ashland, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°45′35″N 77°28′52″W [7] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | RF&P Subdivision | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | ASD | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1866 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1890, 1923 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2017) | 30,892[1] 10% (Amtrak) | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Ashland is an Amtrak intercity train station in Ashland, Virginia, serving the Northeast Regional train. The station is also designated as Ashland's visitor center. The tracks are lined with a cobblestone median in the center of town, making it a popular train-watching site for railfans.
Ashland, VA | |||||||||||
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| Location | 112 North Railroad Avenue Ashland, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°45′35″N 77°28′52″W [7] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | RF&P Subdivision | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | ASD | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1866 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1890, 1923 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2017) | 30,892[1] 10% (Amtrak) | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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History
The Silver Comet stopping at Ashland on November 28, 1968
The station succeeds a former Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad station built in 1923 as a replacement for the station which was originally built in 1866 and rebuilt in 1890. The station was closed in 1967, but reopened in 1985.[2]
The Ashland station was racially segregated, like many railroad stations in the Southeastern U.S. until the 1960s. A single ticket booth in the center of the building used to serve both the white and black waiting rooms separately. The former black waiting room is now a museum filled with various RF&P railroad artifacts, including blueprints, model railroad trains, a bench that was once on display at the Smithsonian Museum, local newspaper and locally related magazine articles.