Grand Island station

Rail depot

Grand Island

Former Burlington Route passenger rail station

Grand Island station (2015)

General information
Location| 603 N. Plum Street, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801
History
Opened| 1911
Closed| 1969
Services
| Preceding station  | Burlington Route | Following station

|
|

Cairo

toward Billings

|  | Billings – Kansas City |  | Phillips

toward Kansas City

Burlington Railroad Depot

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location| 603 N. Plum Street, Grand Island, Nebraska
Coordinates| 40°55′57″N 98°20′16″W﻿ / ﻿40.93250°N 98.33778°W﻿ / 40.93250; -98.33778
Built| 1911 (1911)
Architectural style| Prairie style
NRHP reference No.| 14001013
Added to NRHP| December 2, 2014

Grand Island station, otherwise known as the Burlington Railroad Depot in Grand Island, Nebraska is a historic railroad station which served trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route). The Prairie style station was constructed in 1911. It was likely designed by Walter T. Krausch, who designed many CB&Q depots, however the documentation of the depot was lost in a 1922 fire.

In 1940, the station had three daily trains per direction. Railcar service was provided daily as far as Lincoln and Ravenna while The Adventureland and The General Custer each ran daily service from Kansas City to Billings via Grand Island.[1] By 1947, the railcar service had ended and by May 1965, only one Kansas City to Billings train remained.[2][3] Passenger service ended completely in 1969.

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2014.

## References

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* Acosta, Ruben A. Burlington Railroad Depot National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, 2014. On file at the National Park Service.

1. ^ "Burlington Route Timetable June 1940" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. ^ "Burlington Route Timetable December 1947" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2022.
3. ^ "Burlington Route Timetable May 1965" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2022.

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