Greensburg station

Railroad station in Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Greensburg, PA

The station house

General information
Location| Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
U.S.
Coordinates| 40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W﻿ / ﻿40.30444°N 79.54667°W﻿ / 40.30444; -79.54667
Owned by| StoneKim Properties LLC
Line(s)| Norfolk Southern Railway Pittsburgh Line (Keystone Corridor)
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Westmoreland County Transit Authority
Construction
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: GNB
History
Opened| 1912
Rebuilt| 1995
Passengers
FY 2023| 10,089[1] (Amtrak)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
|

Pittsburgh

Terminus

|  | Pennsylvanian |  | Latrobe

toward New York

Former services

| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
|

Pittsburgh

toward Chicago

|  | Three Rivers

1995–2005

|  | Latrobe

toward New York

| Broadway Limited

Until 1995

|  | Johnstown

toward New York

Wilkinsburg

toward Kansas City

|  | National Limited |  | Latrobe

toward New York or Washington, D.C.

Pitcairn

toward Pittsburgh

|  | Fort Pitt |  | Latrobe

toward Altoona

Preceding station  | Pennsylvania Railroad | Following station
Radebaugh

toward Chicago

|  | Main Line |  | Donohoe

toward New York or Exchange Place

Terminus |  | Hempfield Branch  |  | County Home Junction

toward Gratztown

Preceding station  | PennDOT | Following station
Jeanette

toward Pittsburgh

|  | Parkway Limited |  | Terminus

Greensburg Railroad Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF

Coordinates| 40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W﻿ / ﻿40.30444°N 79.54667°W﻿ / 40.30444; -79.54667
Built| 1911
Architect| William H. Cookman
Architectural style| Jacobean Revival
NRHP reference No.| 77001202[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| November 7, 1977
Designated PHLF| 2014[3]

Location

Greensburg station is an Amtrak railway station located approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Pittsburgh at Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The station is located just north of the city center. It is served only by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once daily in each direction.

## History

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The station was opened in 1912 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of a project to elevate the right-of-way as it passed through Greensburg. William Holmes Cookman served as architect.[4] The depot is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern with stone trim and quoins on the building's corners; the overall architectural style is Jacobean Revival. A copper ogee dome with a finial tops a tall square clock tower. Ornamented parapets with center cartouches and corner finials surround the dome.[5]

From March to November 1981, the station was the eastern terminus of PennDOT's Parkway Limited train, which took commuters to Pittsburgh. Until 2005, Greensburg was served by the Three Rivers (a replacement service for the Broadway Limited), an extended version of the Pennsylvanian that terminated in Chicago. Its cancellation marked the first time in Greensburg's railway history that a single daily passenger train served the town. The small shelter that serves as the present station has no ticket office.

The station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.[6] The historic station now houses a restaurant.[7]

Westmoreland County Transit Authority's transit center is approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the train station. All WCTA bus routes pass through Greensburg Station at the transit center. Greyhound also has a bus stop at the WCTA transit center.

## Gallery

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* View from Pennsylvania Avenue

* Greensburg station's portico

* Pennsylvanian at Greensburg station platform

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
3. ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968–2014 (PDF). Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2014. p. 19. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
4. ^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 192\. ISBN 978-0471143895.
5. ^ "Greensburg Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
6. ^ Westmoreland County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #77001202)
7. ^ "Greensburg Train Station to get new restaurant". The Tribune-Review. Trib Total Media Inc. April 2, 2010. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2010.

## External links

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* Railways portal

Media related to Greensburg (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

* Greensburg, PA – Amtrak
* Greensburg, PA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
* Greensburg Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide - TrainWeb)
* Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-249, "Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA", 3 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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