Harpers Ferry Train Station

Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry (WV) Amtrak-MARC Station
Location	Potomac & Shenandoah Streets Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 United States
Owned by	National Park Service
Line(s)	Cumberland Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	PanTran
Construction
Parking	98 spaces
Other information
Station code	HFY
History
Opened	1889
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	6,287[1]  15% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Martinsburg toward Chicago Capitol Limited Rockville toward Washington, DC MARC Duffields toward Martinsburg Brunswick Line Brunswick toward Union Station   Former services   Baltimore and Ohio Engle toward Chicago Grand Central Station Main Line Weverton toward Baltimore Mount Royal Station Millville toward Strasburg Strasburg Branch Terminus
Harpers Ferry Train Station
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA
Coordinates	39°19′28″N 77°43′52″W / 39.32444°N 77.73111°WCoordinates: 39°19′28″N 77°43′52″W / 39.32444°N 77.73111°W
Part of	Harpers Ferry Historic District (#79002584)
Added to NRHP	1979[2]

The Harpers Ferry Train Station is a railway station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States. It is currently served by Amtrak's Capitol Limited as well as MARC commuter service. Built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the station is part of the Harpers Ferry Historic District.

It is a wooden frame Victorian style building, dating from 1889. It sits on buried foundations of original Harpers Ferry armory buildings.^[3]

In 2007, the station was rededicated following a $2.2 million renovation, which included restoration of the station's tower. ^[4]

Ridership

MARC (2013): 104

See also

• B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. Jefferson County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
3. Harpers Ferry Planning Commission (November 1, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Harpers Ferry Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service.
4. "Harpers Ferry, WV station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

External links

• Media related to Harpers Ferry (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Harpers Ferry, WV
• Harper's Ferry Amtrak-MARC Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Harpers Ferry, WV (HFY) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-86, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV", 38 photos, 1 color transparency, 14 measured drawings, 110 data pages, 4 photo caption pages

B&O's Columbian at Harpers Ferry in 1949