Purcell station

Railway station in Purcell, Oklahoma

Purcell, OK

The station at Purcell in February 2017\. The James C. Nance Memorial Bridge (U.S. Route 77 / State Highway 39) over the Canadian River is in the distance.

General information
Location| East Main Street and North Santa Fe Avenue
Purcell, Oklahoma
United States
Coordinates| 35°00′43″N 97°21′26″W﻿ / ﻿35.0120°N 97.3573°W﻿ / 35.0120; -97.3573
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 1
Construction
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: PUR
History
Opened| June 15, 1999 (Heartland Flyer)[1]
Closed| October 8, 1979 (Lone Star)[2]
Rebuilt| June 14, 2001[3]
Passengers
FY 2022| 1,337[4] (Amtrak)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
|

Pauls Valley

toward Fort Worth

|  | Heartland Flyer |  | Norman

toward Oklahoma City

Former services

| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
|

Pauls Valley

toward Dallas or Houston

|  | Lone Star |  | Norman

toward Chicago

Preceding station  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Following station
Noble

toward Newton

|  | Newton–Purcell |  | Terminus
Terminus |  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway

Main Line

|  | Wayne

toward Galveston

Kirfort

toward Chickasha

|  | Chickasha–Purcell |  | Terminus

Location

Purcell (Amtrak: PUR) is an Amtrak station in Purcell, Oklahoma. The station is serviced by Amtrak's daily Heartland Flyer, which travels from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Fort Worth, Texas.

## History[edit]

Rail service to the area was established by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway) in 1887, which aimed to create a junction between the Santa Fe and its Texas-based Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe division. A townsite for railway employees was constructed around the junction and named after the Santa Fe's director, Edward B. Purcell.[5]

A station house was built at the junction in 1904. At some point, that station was demolished and rebuilt. The rebuilt station was in service until 1979, when the Lone Star was discontinued, and it was demolished in the 1990s.[5]

In 1999, the Heartland Flyer was established, which restored rail service to the city. The city constructed a brick station house for use as a waiting area, which opened on June 14, 2001. The interior contains Santa Fe memorabilia, including a bench from a former depot in Shawnee, Oklahoma.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "All Aboard! Amtrak Taking Reservations". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. June 9, 1999. p. 7. Retrieved December 27, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Lone Star Gone: Amtrak Routes Shrink". The Marion Star. Marion, Ohio. October 10, 1979. p. 10. Retrieved December 27, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ a b Sutter, Ellie (June 15, 2001). "Purcell Depot Gets Dedicated". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 8. Retrieved December 27, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
5. ^ a b "Purcell, OK (PUR)". The Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Purcell station at Wikimedia Commons

* Purcell, OK – Amtrak
* Purcell, OK – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
* Purcell, OK - Heartland Flyer
* Purcell, OK - TrainWeb

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