Ashland Transportation Center

Ashland Transportation Center
Ashland Transportation Center
Location	99 15th Street Ashland, Kentucky, 41101  United States
Coordinates	38°28′51″N 82°38′22″W / 38.48083°N 82.63944°WCoordinates: 38°28′51″N 82°38′22″W / 38.48083°N 82.63944°W
Owned by	CSX Transportation & City of Ashland[1]
Line(s)	Cardinal
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Ashland Bus System, Greyhound
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	AKY
History
Opened	1998
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,581[2]  7.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station South Portsmouth – South Shore toward Chicago Cardinal Huntington toward New York City

Ashland Transportation Center is an intermodal transit station in Ashland, Kentucky. Jointly operated by the City of Ashland and CSX Transportation, it currently serves Amtrak's Cardinal train as well as the Ashland Bus System and Greyhound Lines buses. It is located at at 99 15th Street near downtown Ashland.

History

The station is located in a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway freight house originally built in the 1890s. Railway services formerly operated out of the Chesapeake and Ohio passenger station nearby (currently a PNC Bank branch). When Amtrak took over rail services, it moved operations from this station to a purpose-built facility in nearby Catlettsburg in 1974. The city purchased the former freight house in 1997 using more than $500,000 in federal funds obtained through the Intermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Act of 1991 in order to restore it as an intermodal transit station serving rail as well as buses.^[1] Amtrak moved rail services from Catlettsburg to the restored facility in 1998.^[3]

The station is jointly owned by the City of Ashland and CSX Transportation and is operated in co-operation with the city, Amtrak, Greyhound Lines and the Ashland Bus System. It has an enclosed waiting area with restrooms and water fountains but no Amtrak agent, with no Amtrak station services (there is a Greyhound ticket agent available at specified times). The station serves Amtrak's Cardinal, trains 50 & 51. The tracks at the station are currently owned by CSX Transportation.

References

1. "Great American Stations: Ashland, KY (AKY)". Amtrak. Retrieved 24 Aug 2013.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, Commonwealth of Kentucky" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
3. "State hit by blast of cold temperatures". The Harlan Daily Enterprise. The Associated Press. 12 Mar 1998. Retrieved 24 Aug 2013.

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Ashland, KY
• Ashland, Kentucky Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)