Union Depot (El Paso)

"El Paso station" redirects here. For the former freight house in Illinois, see El Paso freight station.

El Paso Union Depot is an Amtrak train station in El Paso, Texas, served by the Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited. The station was designed by architect Daniel Burnham,^[3] who also designed Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., which was built between 1905 and 1906 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

El Paso Union Depot
General information
Location	700 W San Francisco Street El Paso, Texas United States
Coordinates	31°45′26″N 106°29′45″W
Owned by	City of El Paso
Line(s)	UP Lordsburg Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	El Paso Streetcar Sun Metro: 4
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: ELP
History
Opened	1906 (1906)
Rebuilt	1982
Passengers
FY 2023	13,720[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Deming toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited Alpine toward New Orleans Texas Eagle Alpine toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station Terminus El Paso Branch Canutillo toward Albuquerque Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Deming toward Los Angeles Sunset Route Marfa toward New Orleans Terminus Golden State Route Orogrande toward Tucumcari Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station Terminus Texas and Pacific Railway Main Line Durazno toward New Orleans
El Paso Union Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Texas State Antiquities Landmark
Location	SW corner of Coldwell at San Francisco St., El Paso, Texas
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1905 (1905)
Architect	Daniel H. Burnham
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	75001970[2]
RTHL No.	1437
TSAL No.	238
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 3, 1975
Designated RTHL	1982
Designated TSAL	3/7/1984
Location El Paso Union Passenger Station Location within Texas

History

The station served as a transfer point for several railroads. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ran a train north to Socorro, Belen and Albuquerque. The National Railways of Mexico operated a train, "El Fronterizo", numbers 7 & 8, south to Chihuahua City in Mexico. The Southern Pacific Railroad operated trans-continental trains west to California, and east to Louisiana via Texas. The Texas Pacific and then the Missouri Pacific Railroad operated trains to Fort Worth, Texas.^[4][5][6][7]

Present

Texas Tech College of Architecture

In addition to Amtrak service, the station is served by Sun Metro local buses at nearby stops. There has been intermittent talk of resurrecting streetcar service across the border to Ciudad Juarez since the last trolley rolled in 1974.

The station's office space is occupied by the Texas Tech College of Architecture, which opened in 2013.^[8] Sun Metro was formerly headquartered in the space until it moved in 2014.^[9]

See also

• Texas portal

• National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in El Paso County

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. Railroad Gazette. Railroad gazette. 1904-01-01.
4. "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Table 10". Official Guide of the Railways. 99 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1966.
5. "Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico". Official Guide of the Railways. 99 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1966.
6. "Southern Pacific Railroad, Tables 1, 2, 5". Official Guide of the Railways. 99 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1966.
7. "Missouri Pacific Railroad, Tables 1a". Official Guide of the Railways. 99 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1966.
8. "Texas Tech architecture school moving to Union Depot". KVIA. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
9. Gray, Robert (April 6, 2014). "Sun Metro Eastside headquarters to open in May". El Paso Inc. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

External links

Media related to Union Depot (El Paso) at Wikimedia Commons

• El Paso, TX – Amtrak
• El Paso, TX – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Union Depot history, El Paso Community College
• Article in Railroad Gazette (1904) with original floor plan
• TrainWeb
  • El Paso Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide)
  • El Paso Streetcars
  • Railroad & Transportation Museum of El Paso