Clifton Forge, VA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 307 East Ridgeway Street Clifton Forge, Virginia United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°48′53″N 79°49′39″W / 37.8146°N 79.8274°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | CSX Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | CSX Alleghany Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Platform only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: CLF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1891 1897 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2022 | 1,475 [1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clifton Forge station is a train station in Clifton Forge, Virginia, serving Amtrak's Cardinal line. It is located at 307 East Ridgeway Street.
The Virginia Central Railroad extended to Clifton Forge in 1857 here, a point originally called Jackson River. [2] The railroad's first station building on the site was constructed in 1891. Passenger operations moved to the nearby Gladys Inn in 1897. [3]
The modern two-story station building is a clapboard structure originally built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1906 as the railway's local offices. It became the passenger station in 1930 when the Gladys Inn was converted into the local YMCA building. [3] It sits just east of a major locomotive fuel facility for CSX Transportation.
In 2013, Amtrak announced that it plans to move the stop to a new station built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. [4] [5] The building is a replica of the original 1891 station, [3] and it is located on Main Street, east of the current facility.