Ashland station (Virginia)

Ashland
Ashland Station & Visitor's Center
Location	112 North Railroad Avenue Ashland, VA, 23005
Coordinates
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	ASD
History
Opened	1866
Rebuilt	1890, 1923
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	27,977 annually  1.56% (Amtrak)
Services
Ashland Visitor's Center Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Richmond-Staples Mill toward Norfolk or Newport News Northeast Regional Fredericksburg toward Boston South Station

Ashland is an Amtrak intercity train station in Ashland, Virginia, serving the Northeast Regional train. The station is also designated as Ashland Visitor's Center. It is located at 112 North Railroad Avenue in Ashland, Virginia. The tracks are lined with a cobblestone median in the center of town, making it a popular train-watching site for railfans.

The station succeeds a former Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad station built in 1923 as a replacement for the station which was originally built in 1866 and rebuilt in 1890. The station was closed in 1967, but reopened in 1985.

The Ashland station was racially segregated, like many railroad stations in the Southeastern U.S. until the 1960s. A single ticket booth in the center of the building used to serve both the white and black waiting rooms separately. The former black waiting room is now a museum filled with various RF&P railroad artifacts, including blueprints, model railroad trains, a bench that was once on display at the Smithsonian Museum, local newspaper and locally related magazine articles.

Routes

• Northeast Regional

Notable places nearby

• Randolph-Macon College
• Henry Clay Inn
• Hanover Bank Building

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Ashland, VA
• Ashland, Virginia Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Ashland, Virginia Tourist Department
• Ashland, VA (ASD) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)