Southern Pacific Passenger Depot
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Eugene station (alternately Eugene–Springfield station) is a train station in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is served by Amtrak's Coast Starlight passenger train and is the southern terminus of the Amtrak Cascades corridor. The station is also served by the Cascades POINT bus service. The station was built in 1908 by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Southern Pacific Passenger Depot in 2007. The current station is the third passenger depot built at this location. Built of masonry, it is one of five masonry depots that still exist along the original Southern Pacific West Coast line. The other depots are in Albany, Medford, Roseburg and Salem. When Amtrak took over intercity rail operations in 1971, it cut back service to a single train through Eugene, what eventually became the Coast Starlight. A brief attempt at corridor service began in 1980 with the Willamette Valley, but ended in 1981. For the next 13 years, the only intercity service through Eugene was the Coast Starlight, which arrived northbound at lunchtime and southbound during the afternoon rush. However, in 1994, Amtrak extended the Seattle-Portland Mount Rainier to Eugene on a trial basis. This proved successful enough that the train was renamed the Cascadia in 1995. The Cascadia was merged into Amtrak Cascades along with all of Amtrak's other Pacific Northwest services in 1998, and a Portland-Eugene round trip was added in 2000. Southern Pacific sold the building to the Jenova Land Company in 1993, and ten years later the city of Eugene bought the depot as part of a plan to develop a regional transportation center. In 2004, the city oversaw a $4.5 million restoration project. Workers restored the exterior brickwork and trim and gutted and renovated the interior. New tile floors, oak and fir trim, covered ceilings, wooden benches and expanded bathrooms were installed. Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station and Freight House — another former Southern Pacific station in Springfield on the NRHP Oregon Electric Railway Passenger Station — adjacent former interurban railway station on the NRHP Media related to Eugene–Springfield station at Wikimedia Commons Eugene, OR – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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When was Southern Pacific Passenger Depot listed on the National Register?
Southern Pacific Passenger Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 15, 2007.
What type of historic resource is Southern Pacific Passenger Depot?
Southern Pacific Passenger Depot is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
What is the period of significance for Southern Pacific Passenger Depot?
The period of significance for Southern Pacific Passenger Depot is recorded as the industrial era.
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