Deming station

Deming
The demolished wooden frame station building
Location	400 East Railroad Boulevard Deming, NM 88030 United States
Coordinates	32°16′18″N 107°45′15″W / 32.27167°N 107.75417°WCoordinates: 32°16′18″N 107°45′15″W / 32.27167°N 107.75417°W
Operated by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	None
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Station building moved
Station code	Amtrak code: DEM
History
Opened	1881
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,453[1]  5.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Lordsburg toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited El Paso toward New Orleans Texas Eagle El Paso toward Chicago

Deming is an Amtrak train station at 400 East Railroad Boulevard in Deming, New Mexico. The station consists of a shelter on a concrete pad. An old wood depot, built in 1881 between the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads, has been moved and repurposed.

In March 1881, the second transcontinental railroad, uniting the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway from the east with the Southern Pacific Railway from the west, was completed at Deming. To mark the occasion, a silver spike was driven to connect the rails. Deming subsequently received a large two story "union depot" that in 1930 was remodeled into a one story structure.^[2]

The station is currently a flag stop, served only when passengers have tickets to and from the station.

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of New Mexico" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
2. "Deming Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

External links

• Deming Amtrak station information

• Amtrak – Stations – Deming, NM
• Deming Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Deming, NM (DEM) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)