Topeka station

Topeka, KS

A BNSF freight train passes the station (at left) in 2013

General information
Location| 500 SE Holliday Place
Topeka, Kansas
Coordinates| 39°03′05″N 95°39′53″W﻿ / ﻿39.0515°N 95.6647°W﻿ / 39.0515; -95.6647
Owned by| BNSF Railway
Line(s)| BNSF Topeka Subdivision
Platforms| 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks| 2
Construction
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: TOP
History
Rebuilt| December 1948;[1] 2006
Passengers
FY 2023| 6,872[2] (Amtrak)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

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Newton

toward Los Angeles

|  | Southwest Chief |  | Lawrence

toward Chicago

Former services

| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

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Emporia

toward Dallas or Houston

|  | Lone Star |  | Lawrence

toward Chicago

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

toward Los Angeles

|  | Main Line |  | Tecumseh

toward Chicago

Location

Topeka station is an Amtrak train station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, served by the Southwest Chief train. The station was built in 1948 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as a replacement for the former Topeka Harvey House, which was in use from 1878 to 1940.[3] The existing station was remodeled by the BNSF Railway in 2006.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Topeka Gets New Union Station--Atchison Awaits". The Atchison Daily Globe. Atchison, Kansas. December 16, 1948. p. 20. Retrieved October 29, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Kansas" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
3. ^ "Topeka, KS (TOP)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
4. ^ Hooper, Michael (June 24, 2006). "Amtrak station renovations unveiled". Topeka Capital-Journal. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

## External links

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Media related to Topeka station at Wikimedia Commons

* Topeka, KS – Amtrak
* Topeka, KS – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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* Wichita

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