Beaumont station

Railway station in Beaumont, Texas

Not to be confused with Beaumont Generating Station.

Beaumont, TX

Beaumont station in November 2015

General information
Location| 2555 West Cedar Street
Beaumont, Texas
United States
Coordinates| 30°04′35″N 94°07′39″W﻿ / ﻿30.07639°N 94.12750°W﻿ / 30.07639; -94.12750
Owned by| City of Beaumont
Line(s)| UP Lafayette Subdivision
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Beaumont Municipal Transit System
Construction
Parking| 25 long term and 4 short term parking spaces
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: BMT
History
Rebuilt| 2012
Passengers
FY 2024| 3,028[1] (Amtrak)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
|

Houston

toward Los Angeles

|  | Sunset Limited |  | Lake Charles

toward New Orleans

Former services

| Preceding station  | Southern Pacific Railroad | Following station

|
|

Houston

toward Los Angeles

|  | Sunset Route |  | Lake Charles

toward New Orleans

Location

Beaumont station is an Amtrak station in Beaumont, Texas, served by the Sunset Limited.

## History

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The Sunset Limited at Beaumont in 1982

The current station building and adjacent police substation were constructed in 2012 and opened on September 14 of that year. An earlier station building on the site sustained damage in Hurricane Rita in 2005. That building was removed and only a concrete platform was left for six years until the current replacement station was built. A portion of the construction funds for the current station was from $1.2 million in federal stimulus funding.[2] Work was completed in January, 2012.[3][4] The station is constructed of red brick and has an enclosed waiting room. A 550-foot (170 m) platform was also constructed.[5]

The city of Beaumont built a police substation with public restrooms on the site adjacent to the current train station at the same time.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal year 2024: State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
2. ^ "Amtrak's concrete slab to be replaced with bathroomless station". The Beaumont Enterprise. June 23, 2010. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
3. ^ "Grand Opening Ceremony for New Amtrak Station". kfdm.com. Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Inc. September 17, 2012. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
4. ^ Dan Wallach (June 8, 2015). "Meet the man behind Beaumont's Amtrak station". Beaumont Enterprise. Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
5. ^ "Beaumont, TX (BMT)". The Great American Stations. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
6. ^ James Shannon (September 20, 2012). "All Aboard! Beaumont opens new Amtrak station". theexaminer.com. The Examiner Corporation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

## External links

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Media related to Beaumont station at Wikimedia Commons

* Beaumont, TX – Amtrak
* Beaumont, TX – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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