Walnut Ridge station

Not to be confused with Walnut Ridge Air Force Station.

Walnut Ridge
Location	109 Southwest Front St. Walnut Ridge, AR 72476 United States
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Walnut Ridge
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: WNR
History
Opened	1908 September 14, 1974
Closed	April 30, 1971
Rebuilt	1995
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,738  7.6%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Little Rock toward San Antonio or Los Angeles Texas Eagle Poplar Bluff toward Chicago
Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot-Walnut Ridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Architect	Missouri Pacific Railroad
NRHP Reference #	92000622
Added to NRHP	1992
Location

Walnut Ridge is a historic train station in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, United States, that is currently served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was originally a Missouri Pacific Railroad station and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992.

History

The Missouri-Pacific Railroad ended service on its crack Texas Eagle on April 30, 1971, one day before Amtrak took over passenger services. In March 1974, Amtrak's Inter-American was extended from Fort Worth to St. Louis, restoring passenger service to the Missouri-Pacific Railroad's main line. On September 15, 1974, stops were added at the former Missouri-Pacific stations in Walnut Ridge and Newport. The Inter-American was replaced by the Eagle in 1981, which in turn was renamed as the Texas Eagle in 1988.

The depot was restored in 1995 with funding made available through the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department and the Walnut Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lawrence County, Arkansas

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Walnut Ridge, AR
• Walnut Ridge, AR from Amtrak's TexasEagle.com
• Walnut Ridge Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide—TrainWeb.org)
• Walnut Ridge (WNR)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)