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Pauls Valley station

Railway station in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

34°44′30″N 97°13′06″W / 34.7418°N 97.2184°W / 34.7418; -97.2184Platforms1 side platformTracks1Other informationStation codeAmtrak: PVLHistoryOpened1903, 1999Closed1979Rebuilt2002PassengersFY 20232,285^[1] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Ardmore toward Fort Worth		Heartland Flyer		Purcell toward Oklahoma City

Former services

Preceding station	Amtrak		Following station
Ardmore toward Dallas or Houston		Lone Star	Purcell toward Chicago
Preceding station	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway		Following station
Wayne toward Purcell		Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Main Line	Wynnewood toward Galveston
Maysville toward Lindsay		Lindsay–Shawnee	Byars toward Shawnee
Terminus		Pauls Valley – Ada	Byars toward Ada

Location

Pauls Valley (Amtrak: PVL) is an Amtrak station in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. The station is serviced by the daily Heartland Flyer, which travels from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Fort Worth, Texas.

History

The city's first rail station was opened in 1903 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway).^[2] It received passenger service from opening until 1933,^[2] then again from 1948 to 1979 through the Texas Chief route (later renamed Lone Star).

In 1984, the station was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places alongside another Santa Fe depot in Lindsay, but the nomination was rejected.^[2] Both stations later received separate nominations in 1985 and 1986, which were approved.^[3]

In 1985, the Santa Fe planned to demolish the station, but the Pauls Valley Historical Society successfully lobbied to preserve the building. It was purchased by the city in 1989 and was restored in 1991. It currently serves as a museum operated by the Historical Society, whose collection includes a Santa Fe locomotive and a Frisco Line caboose.^[4]

After the Heartland Flyer began service in 1999, the city built a new station house with federal TEA-21 funding, which opened in June 2002. The small structure, consisting only of a waiting room, has a façade reminiscent of the Santa Fe station.^[4]

Gallery

The former station in Amtrak use in 1977
The former station in 1991, prior to restoration
The restored former station in 2018

References

^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Brown, Deb; Carney, George (1984). "Territorial Era Santa Fe Depots in South Central Oklahoma" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
^ "National Register of Historic Places - Oklahoma, Garvin County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
^ ^a ^b "Pauls Valley Station". The Great American Stations. Amtrak. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.