Hinton station (West Virginia)
Hinton | |||||||||||
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Maple Avenue at Second Avenue Hinton, WV 25951 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°40′29″N 80°53′32″W / 37.67472°N 80.89222°WCoordinates: 37°40′29″N 80°53′32″W / 37.67472°N 80.89222°W | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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Station code | HIN | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2013) | 8,897[1] 1.8% | ||||||||||
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Hinton is an Amtrak station in Hinton, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. The station is a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway depot, and is located in the Hinton Historic District. Constructed in 1905, the brick building includes wood canopies supported by heavy brackets featuring a wood-fan pattern trim.
A December, 2007, fire damaged the building, but it reopened a short time later following repairs. The depot is currently undergoing a $1.5 million series of phased repairs and renovations. Work in the early phases included installation of a new slate roof, re-pointing of the brickwork and repairs to the windows and decorative woodwork. A new concrete platform with tactile edging was also installed.[2]
Due to a bend in the adjacent New River, eastbound trains actually head southwest when passing the station (and vice versa).
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Hinton, WV Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
External links
- Media related to Hinton station (West Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
- Hinton Amtrak Station at Train Web
- Hinton Amtrak Station at UrbanUp
- Hinton, WV (HIN) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
- Amtrak – Stations – Hinton, WV
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-43-A, "Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Hinton Depot, Along New River near Greenbriar River, Hinton, Summers County, WV", 2 measured drawings