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Coordinates: 38°24′57″N 82°26′23″W / 38.4159°N 82.4397°W / 38.4159; -82.4397
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Huntington, WV
Huntington station in November 2010
General information
Location1050 8th Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia
United States
Coordinates38°24′57″N 82°26′23″W / 38.4159°N 82.4397°W / 38.4159; -82.4397
Owned byCSX Transportation
Line(s)CSX Kanawha Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Tri-State Transit Authority
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: HUN
History
Opened1873
Rebuilt1983
Passengers
FY 20244,155[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Ashland
toward Chicago
 Cardinal Charleston
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Tri-State
(Ashland until 1975)
toward Chicago
 James Whitcomb Riley
1974–1977
 Charleston
toward Washington, D.C.
Ashland
toward Chicago
 James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington
1972–1974
 Charleston
toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News
Ashland
toward Cincinnati
 James Whitcomb Riley
1971–1972
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
West Huntington
toward Cincinnati
 Main Line Guyandot
toward Washington, D.C. or Phoebus
Location
Map

Huntington station is an Amtrak station in Huntington, West Virginia served by the Cardinal route. Located at 1050 8th Avenue, the station consists of a platform on the south side of the east-west tracks, a small parking lot, and a small building containing a waiting room and space for a ticket office, though Amtrak pulled the station agent in the 21st century.

The station replaced a nearby historic Chesapeake and Ohio Railway building that is still in use as offices for its successor CSX Transportation.

C&O station

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A postcard depicting the 1872 C&O station
The 1913 C&O station building in 2023

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway reached its original western terminus in Huntington in 1871. Its first station building, a three-story mansard-roofed building, was completed the following year.[2][3]

In 1913, the building was replaced by a new three-story 31,000-square-foor Colonial Revival red brick building with an Ionic portico.[2][3][4] Around 1924, a statue of Collis Potter Huntington was added that was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum.[2][5] It ceased to be used for passenger service in April 1971, and was converted to administrative offices for C&O's successor CSX Transportation, serving as the headquarters of one of its ten divisions.[2] It was renovated in 1995.[4] In 2016, CSX disbanded that division and split it between five other divisions,[4][6] dramatically curtailing the number of employees in the building.[4]

Amtrak station

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The Amtrak station replaced the Chesapeake and Ohio station on 7th Avenue, which is still used by CSX. The C&O station hosted daily trains headed northwest, west and east: Fast Flying Virginian (west to Cincinnati, and sections east to Washington, D.C., and Newport News), George Washington (sections west to Cincinnati and Louisville, and sections east to Washington, D.C., and Newport News) and the Sportsman (northwest to Detroit, and sections east to Washington, D.C., and Newport News).[7]

The one story Amtrak building was constructed to a standard design that Amtrak developed in the 1970s and used at locations throughout the country for the next two decades. Typical features included at Huntington are concrete block walls, floor to ceiling windows and a black, cantilevered roof.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal year 2024: State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Satterfield, Emma (August 7, 2020). "Huntington C&O Railroad Depot". Clio. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Chambers Jr., S. Allen (August 1, 2018). "Former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Station (Yardmaster Management Center)". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Pace, Fred (July 15, 2016). "CSX to keep 30 employees at downtown building". The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, WV). Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  5. ^ "CSX Railroad Station". Huntington Area CVB. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "What's Next for CSX's Huntington Property?". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. March 22, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  7. ^ "Chesapeake & Ohio, Tables 1, 2". Official Guide of the Railways. 93 (9). National Railway Publication Company. January 1961.
  8. ^ "The Amtrak Standard Stations Program". Amtrak History & Archives. March 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
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