Lake Charles station

Lake Charles
Location	100 Ryan Street Lake Charles, LA 70601 United States
Coordinates	30°14′17.5″N 93°13′01.5″W / 30.238194°N 93.217083°WCoordinates: 30°14′17.5″N 93°13′01.5″W / 30.238194°N 93.217083°W
Owned by	City of Lake Charles
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Lake Charles Transit
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: LCH
History
Opened	1992
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	3,856[1]  12%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Beaumont toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited Lafayette, LA toward New Orleans

Lake Charles is a train station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It is served tri-weekly by Amtrak's Sunset Limited. It is located on 100 Ryan Street at the west end of South Railroad Avenue. Lake Charles station is a decorative unstaffed waiting room that serves as a replacement for the original Lake Charles Station on South Railroad Avenue between Bilbo and Hedges Streets. The site of the former station shifts Railroad Avenue to the south.

Eastbound freight train

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Louisiana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

Media related to Lake Charles station at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Lake Charles, LA
• Lake Charles Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Lake Charles (LCH)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)