Anchorage Depot

Anchorage Depot, also known as Alaska Railroad Depot, is the railroad station at the center of the Alaska Railroad system at the junction of the two main lines their trains run on. It serves as the starting point for many tourists traveling on the luxury trains such as the Denali Star.^[2] The station is a Moderne-style three story concrete building, built in 1942 and enlarged in 1948.^[3]

Anchorage
General information
Location	411 West 1st Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 United States
Owned by	Alaska Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform 1 Island
Tracks	4
Construction
Architect	Joseph L. Skoog
History
Opened	1942
Rebuilt	1948
Services
Preceding station Alaska Railroad Following station Terminus Aurora Winter Train Wasilla toward Fairbanks Denali Star Coastal Classic Girdwood toward Seward Glacier Discovery Girdwood toward Grandview
Anchorage Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	Anchorage, Alaska
Coordinates	61°13′18″N 149°53′26″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1942
Built by	Alaska Railroad, J.B. Warrack Company
Architect	Joseph L. Skoog
NRHP reference No.	99001027[1]
AHRS No.	ANC-00362
Added to NRHP	August 27, 1999
Location

It is located at the base of a hill, below downtown Anchorage. It measures 338 feet (103 m) by 45 feet (14 m).

In 1999, it was deemed significant in the history of transportation in Alaska and nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The depot, built of concrete and steel and well-equipped, was held to represent the railroad's transition from wooden structures and equipment inadequate for challenges of the World War II era and since.^[3]

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1999.^[1]

It appears that sometime before October 2020, a high platform was built on the third track over from the main depot, thus making this the first train station in Alaska to have a high platform.^[4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Anchorage, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Depot Locations". Alaska Railroad. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
3. James Blasingame (March 24, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Anchorage Depot / Alaska Railroad Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved July 2, 2016. with three photos from 1999 and one from 1942-1947
4. Railway, Adventures. "ALASKA RAILROAD". YouTube. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020.

External links

Media related to Anchorage Railway Station at Wikimedia Commons

• "Alaska Railroad home page". Archived from the original on September 25, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AK-171, "Alaska Railroad Depot, 411 First Avenue, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK"