About this property
Yuma station is an Amtrak station at 281 South Gila Street in Yuma, Arizona, United States. Passenger rail service is provided thrice-weekly in each direction by the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle over this portion of its route. The station's island platform, which is adjacent to the station building site, are accessible through a short pedestrian tunnel. The Southern Pacific Railroad began operations to Yuma on September 30, 1877. The railroad built a new Spanish Colonial Revival-style station in 1926. Routes that served the station include the Sunset Limited, the Golden State, and the Imperial. After Southern Pacific ceased passenger operations upon Amtrak's start in 1971, the station housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum. The depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The structure was devastated in a May 1993 fire and was razed in the summer of 1994. It was delisted from the National Register in 2019. The location is now used for the Yuma Armed Forces Park. Westbound Train #1/421 departs at 11:49 pm Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday Eastbound Train #2/422 departs at 2:47 am Monday, Thursday and Sunday Train #1 is the westbound New Orleans–Los Angeles Sunset Limited, while train #421 refers to the through coach and sleeper transferred from the Texas Eagle (Chicago–San Antonio) to the Sunset Limited in San Antonio. Train #2 is the eastbound Sunset Limited, traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans, with a through coach and sleeper designated as Train #422, which is detached in San Antonio and transferred to the Chicago-bound Texas Eagle #22. Southern Pacific Freight Depot (Yuma, Arizona) – also NRHP listed. Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Coach Car-S.P. X7 – also NRHP listed. National Register of Historic Places listings in Yuma County, Arizona Yuma, AZ – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak) Yuma Amtrak station information Archived August 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).
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When was Southern Pacific Railroad Depot listed on the National Register?
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 2019.
What type of historic resource is Southern Pacific Railroad Depot?
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
What is the period of significance for Southern Pacific Railroad Depot?
The period of significance for Southern Pacific Railroad Depot is recorded as the industrial era.
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