Huntingdon station (Amtrak)

Huntingdon station is an Amtrak railway station which is located at 4th and Allegheny Streets in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, approximately 95 miles northwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and 30 miles east of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The station is situated at the south end of the borough, along one of the major streets into Huntingdon (4th Street), just north of the Juniata River.

Huntingdon, PA
Huntingdon station platform, June 2013
General information
LocationFourth and Allegheny Streets
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
United States
Coordinates40°29′2″N 78°0′40″W / 40.48389°N 78.01111°W / 40.48389; -78.01111
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line (Keystone Corridor)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: HGD
History
Opened1872
Passengers
FY 20234,790[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Tyrone
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian Lewistown
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Tyrone
toward Chicago
Three Rivers
1995–2005
Lewistown
toward New York
Altoona
toward Chicago
Broadway Limited
Until 1995
Tyrone National Limited Lewistown
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Warrior Ridge
toward Chicago
Main Line Ardenheim
Location
Map
The former Pennsylvania Railroad station at Huntingdon, just behind the current station

There is no ticket office at this station.

History and architectural features

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The station was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1872, and shared service with the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad, which had a station across the tracks. The station house was closed by PRR in 1965,[2] and is currently a local business.

A shack-like, but structurally sound building, it also contained a signal house, which for a time served as a rail museum but now houses the Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce.[3] Efforts to save the former H&BTM station failed when it was demolished in 2001.[4]

Huntingdon is currently only served by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once per day in each direction. Until 2005, Huntingdon was served by a second daily train, the Three Rivers (a replacement service for the legendary Broadway Limited), an extended version of the Pennsylvanian that terminated in Chicago.

Upon its cancellation, the sole Pennsylvanian marked the first time in Huntingdon's railway history that the town was served by just a single, daily passenger train.

Though most of the Pennsylvanian route between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh transverses through rural, sparsely populated areas, Huntingdon is the only stop between the two aforementioned cities that does not have bus service, either local or intercity, of any kind within one mile of the station.

References

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  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  2. ^ Recent and 1979 Photo of Huntingdon Station
  3. ^ In person visit to Huntingdon, Pa., 8-10 Sept. 2013
  4. ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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