Johnstown station

Johnstown
The former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Johnstown, now serving as the main entrance for the Amtrak station.
Location	47 Walnut Street Johnstown, PA 15901
Coordinates	40°19′47″N 78°55′20″W / 40.32972°N 78.92222°W
Owned by	Johnstown Area Heritage Association
Line(s)	Pennsylvanian
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CamTran
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	JST
History
Opened	1916
Rebuilt	1985
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	24,310[1]  4.4%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Latrobe toward Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Altoona toward New York City   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Seward toward Chicago Main Line Conemaugh toward New York City or Exchange Place

Johnstown is an Amtrak railway station in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison and built in 1916, the station is at 47 Walnut Street, north of downtown Johnstown across the Little Conemaugh River. Today, the station is served by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once daily in each direction.

Until 2005, Johnstown was served by a second daily train, the Three Rivers (a replacement service for the Broadway Limited), an extended version of the Pennsylvanian that terminated in Chicago. Upon its cancellation, the sole Pennsylvanian marked the first time in Johnstown's railway history that the town was served by just a single daily passenger train.

The Three Rivers connects Johnstown to Altoona, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and New York to the east and Greensburg and Pittsburgh to the west. Staffed ticket service is available for both daily departures.

CamTran, the local public transit provider in the greater Johnstown/Cambria County area, has two routes that stop at the train station:

• Route 16 - Prospect
• Route 18 - Downtown Shuttle

The primary Camtran transit center is about one-half mile to the southeast of the Amtrak station. Greyhound buses also stop at the transit center. Westmoreland County Transit Authority's Route 11 provides weekday service between Latrobe, PA and CamTran Transit Center.

The station can be seen in the 1977 film Slap Shot.

Gallery

• 

  Pennsylvanian arriving at Johnstown Station.

• 

  Close-up of the Pennsylvanian

References

1. "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2015, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

External links

• Media related to Johnstown (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Johnstown, PA
• CamTran official site
• Johnstown Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Johnstown, PA (JST) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)