I've taken a lot of cross-country Amtrak trips, and always marveled at the tiny towns that get service, for whom the rail station is clearly a source of pride and joy for the community.
I live in a small town near London, ON that's on the VIA Rail Corridor line between Toronto and Windsor, yet we have no station at all. The town was founded because of the Grand Trunk Railway!
Sorry but I have serious doubts it will ever happen. There isn't enough density along the route and getting to Portland's station to and from the east and west now requires a backup maneuver.
It's unfortunate how the only active railway station in the entirety of Idaho is in Sandpoint, IH. It's in the far north of the state and located 518 km (322 mi) away from Boise. The station's on the Empire Builder service which goes from Chicago to Seattle/Portland.
How about Tallahassee, FL? It's still actively signed as an Amtrak station, and maps still occasionally show as a "suspended" destination on the Sunset Limited since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Its official yearly passenger count is 0, but it's technically not yet considered a defunct station.
The British railway network won't serve Newcastle-under-Lyme or Gosport? Or Dudley really (though there is a "Dudley Port" station). All are over 70 thousand in population.
@@seprishere The city of 200,000 by me doesn't have ANY form of rail service at all. Infact, only the most known cities in America seem to have any rail transport available.
I think one of the reasons the Ethan Allen Express wasn't extended to Burlington until recently was because of Port Kent which has that ferry across to Burlington. I think they felt if they extended the Ethan Allen, even less people would use both Port Kent station and the ferry
The Albion decline came with a schedule change. The old early aft. WB and late aft. EB replaced by early am WB and late night EB. Many of us local passengers now drive 25 miles to Jackson or Battle Creek for more convenient departures.
And to be fair, Michigan subsidizes the Wolverine route and wants more stops. It's not like some of the stops out west where the states don't provide any funding.
@@JawTooth I love old lines, and historic stations, like you, but if Amtrak wants to really being back large ridership, they need to stop just going through the motions of 1965 with old routes and stations where riders don't live. The population centers have moved since 1960. Taxi life is different too. Most people have a car for every driver, uncommon in 1955. The historic stations are often in depressed or even dangerous areas, no stores, restaurants or car rental places within walking distance. Above all, parking is a royal pain. Expensive if garaged, and if unattended lots, your car may be vandalized over a week or two. City center stations in traffic snarl cities like Atlanta, New Orleans or Houston mean the rider must slog two hours through traffic, pay to park, then ride back at 40mph over much of the same territory they just drove. Stations need to be new, low maintenance modern and placed on freeway offramps in areas where the most riders exist and providing simple parking. The old stations would then be served by the county or city to get the rider out to the higher speed modern station where they meet the rural suburban rider. All this accomplished by bypass sidings owned by Amtrak, but interchanging with the old freight lines, until ridership comes back. However I don't think Amtrak really wants massive ridership. It mostly exists to run the NE Corridor service that DC politicians and lobbyists rely upon. That is why it was really created when Penn Central, Chessie, etc all cancelled passenger service in the 1960s. Trains will likely continue as they are for several more decades. I'm happy we have the biggest and fastest rail freight infrastructure in the world, but I do miss riding trains to go 100 or 200 miles. However Amtrak service isn't worth those short runs except in the NEC.
And it's even worse when you factor in certain major cities and popular destinations on the route like Houston, El Paso, Tucson, and even Palm Springs all only get served three times a week as well. No way any of those places should be reduced to anything less than daily service.
I really like the Point of Rocks station in MD near Brunswick but it is mostly used as a stand. The Harper's Ferry station is now beautifully restored and opened on the I side. When I lived there, only the outside benches were available and the run down station was filled with storage junk.
Greenfield Village wasn't the only Amtrak station that's restricted for groups of 20 of more. There's also Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park on the San Joaquins between Oakland or Sacramento and Bakersfield. It opened around 2001 and unlike Greenfield Village, it's still open today despite not being on Amtrak's list of active stations because of the arrangements that must be made to stop there
Well yeah, but I think that the main point behind his mention was that the area ended up being better serviced by Amtrak after the merger of the two stations nearby, though I do find Colonel Allensworth to be quite the intriguing station, and think it could have also been given a mention.
that's pretty cool actually, the fact that it is in a weird purgatory of existing. i almost wanna check it out but idk how id get 20 people just to chack out a station
No comments about the presence of a " Dot matrix" display and nothing about a bin bag wafting in the breeze? Thurmond would be good for a "Viki Explores"
Before the Sunset Limited stopped running east of New Orleans, I'd bet some of the Alabama and Florida stations on its route would have been on this list
Well done, such an informative video on these least used stations in the U.S. As a railway enthusiast from the UK, I've been along fan of American railways, since reading about them in books and watching videos of various American locomotives. I honestly wouldn't mind All The Stations visiting the U.S. to cover these stations after this pandemic has passed over.
Here in Japan we have a station with 0 users and every train, Shinkansen or Local skips it. The station is technically still in service and is still written on the station list, the price list, etc. (Akaiwa Station)
Really interresting video. Very interresting to see the history behind it all. As a european I find the idea fascinating of cities built along the railroad. But it is sad to see, what happened to a country that used to have one of the best public transport systems. I love your videos.
Michigan local here. I had no idea greenfield village used to have an amtrak station, and I feel like I missed out. It would be the perfect way to get into the mood for the village and museum by taking the train in
4:27 this song is so nostalgic for railroad tycoon 3 players i love this game so much iconic sound track brings back great memories of playing the game with my dad
I was supposed to ride the Cardinal this past June with 2 friends for our annual railfan trip to PA. but plans were cancelled of course. I hope to do it next year and see Thurmond, had no idea of the history of the town. We did stop at New River Gorge in 2015 on our way to ride with steamer #611 in VA, and we were looking forward to being on a train way down in the Gorge.
5:16 That Sign Said Matewan! 🤣 That's not Matewan That's Thurmond!🤣 Very Nice In depth video about the stations! I film Along Thurmond and Montgomery was just there today! Again Excellent Video!👍👍👍Keep'em Up!
Yes. Like seasonal stations like port kent, some at Glacier national park, or NY state fair near Syracuse NY. Another is flag stops and how they work if your boarding and the train needs to stop.
Siemens have built quite a lot trains in the UK Such as their desiro & desiro city Family of trains Such as class 700 Operated by Thameslink That replaced 30 year old class 319 That were Built from 1987 to 1989 In BREL York to do commuter services Between Bedford and Brighten . The class 707 Operated by southwest trains Is a commuter service train Operating Out of London waterloo Going down to Portsmouth and on the Winsor line. The class 717 Operated by Great northern Operate on the northern city line ex London underground line Used to be part of the northern line Into 1975 The line Runs out of moorgate To Stevenage With the East Coast Main line That operate out of London king's cross. The class 717 was made to replace class 313 peps that were Built from 1975 to 1977 their now all scrapped.
Sanderson's a great place, it really is. Train statin's usually pretty dead when I'm there, though. The Ranch House is a great restaurant. Outback Oasis is the nicest place to stay in town. Z Bar's quite literally the best stocked store I've ever been to in my life, all in Sanderson. Was super cool seeing the Big Boy overnight there last year.
Most least used stations are from the cardinal But then there’s my dads town, Crawfordville Indiana, there was at least 1500 people where my dad lives but no one really rides the cardinal there... so it’s basically 200 people per year go to that station
Since I (usually) go to Canada in summer, I like to go to Greenfield Village to see the old locomotives. It’s a shame I can’t take a train there, though.
Im I the only one who noticed the background music was playing from number 5 and 4? Number 5 music was from Palm Tree Panic (past) from sonic CD number 4 was from Sonic colors Aquarium park act 1. Great vid by the way full of interesting facts about train stations that I didnt even know (and I know quite a bit about trains)!
We have a pretty decent amount of Amtrak here. Just built a new station and just a county over to the west is the Durham Amtrak station and then in a few years, a county to the west of that will also have an Amtrak station
I always used to look at Greenfield Village being listed as a stop on Amtrak's Wolverine schedule - along with the note that a reservation of 20 or more people must be made to have the trains stop there - and think, "who's even going to do that?", but also think it would be cool to see the train stop there. Anyways, it was a great idea to merge the two Dearborn stations into the John D. Dingell Transit Center, I feel that it really made a great city like Dearborn look a lot better from the tourist's perspective. I was quite surprised that a new station - with a modernity that resembled the NEC stations - would even be built in my (former) hometown. Even today, though I live closer to Pontiac, I still prefer to board the Wolverine in Dearborn, as it does save time and money, but also because it's just an amazing station.
I've been a Michigander all my life, so the fact we made this list doesn't really surprise me. What _did_ surprise me was that Albion made the list at all (Albion College is the only real thing in that town, and of course Interstate 94 is 5 minutes north of town.) I grew up in Troy, so seeing that excerpt from FY2018 that Amtrak served almost 33,000 people ATOMIZED my brain! The "station" is nothing more than a covered platform across from Big Rock Restaurant, in behind an industrial plaza, along the Grand Trunk Western/Canadian National line. This whole time I thought it was a whistle stop, but I learned I was quite wrong. *~* I completely forgot Greenfield Village used to have its own stop (the original Dearborn station was east of GV, but now is practically right outside, on the west side.)
Thurmond is wonderful. Had a lovely time looking around the old town and depot museum while waiting for the inevitability delayed Cardinal service to DC after the World Scout Jamboree last year
Albion College alumnus here. Amtrak trains blasting their horns through campus were a feature of my college days, and it was great to be able to hop on a train to Chicago or Detroit for the weekend.
If you haven't already you should do a video on the former depots and stops of the Sunset Limited across the Panhandle of North Florida! Those are my home tracks and there had been a lot of history disappearing after Amtrak stopped service.
Any reason the "Engines of Amtrak: Bombardier/ALSTOM Acela Express" video is no longer up? Great video by the way, never knew some of these places brought in such low revenue!
Port Kent: A small hamlet along the banks of Lake Champlain, and as you pointed out, is a seasonal stop only when the Ferry is in effect as a second way to provide service to people in Burlington, a city that doesn't have direct train service as the Vermonter stops in Essex, 7 miles northeast of Burlington. I wonder if Amtrak will keep this stop when the Ethan Allen is expanded to include Middlebury/Vergennes/Burlington in a couple years (well, if the pandemic hasn't destroyed that idea to expand beyond Rutland), as the only attribute for keeping this stop is its proximity to tourist attraction Ausable Chasm 5 miles to the west.
Very interesting, thank you. Back in the old days, "flag stops" actually had flags of sort which the passenger employed to indicate to the engineer to stop. What are today's "flags"? Perhaps the trains momentarily stop at these tiny places regardless of waiting passengers or not.
I’m not sure about other states, but in Massachusetts on the MBTA system flag stops mean that the train will not automatically stop at the station. You will need to tell the conductor you wish to exit there. If you are waiting on the platform for a train you have to make yourself visible (stand up when the train is approaching so the engineer/conductor can see you) and the train will stop for you. Hope this helps !
The historic LCT ferries were scrapped and the route is no longer in use sadly. They now only have the Grand Isle-Cumberland head route and Charlotte to Essex NY....When the Adirondack resumes service, I doubt anyone will use the port kent station. It still is a nice place to catch CP at least
So I live in California in the city called Ventura, and we have a station called the Ventura station it's small it's just a regular platform with a overhead roof on it made of wood. I used to use that station to commute from my city of Ventura to LA when I was attending another a college during my earlier years back in early 2012, I see of the station to be least used everyday however some trains do pass by it every day of the week from Monday through Sunday oh, so to my opinion it is a mostly used station but on certain days if passenger service is slow I would occasionally get the feeling that the station might close down, but for some odd reason people in my city still use it for commuting, however despite that my city has a small and constantly used station that looks like it needed a refurbishment because it has its early 80s style, however another Station East of my city of Ventura is the East Ventura Metrolink Station however the rail line continues on from that part of East Ventura and head straight all the way up to another city call Fillmore, so the way how I see this rail line is that there is a station in the Fillmore, however the realign itself has been mostly abandoned for an awfully long time, it was originally used as transporting fruits to nearby markets, such as oranges because that is the main staple of California, but the last time I remember riding on that line was a historical rail service, so you're some problems with this rail line that reach from Fillmore to East Ventura is that this rail line cross has way too many Crossways onto the highway, and originally when this Railway was built there was never any cross ways that cross over the main Highway, and if I could remember the last time I was on it, it was 1998 and the train would only stop halfway and so it comes to a nearby Railway Crossing, then after that the train would make a return Journey Back to the Fillmore station, I can definitely tell that this line was used quite a lot for transporting oranges, however I have some thought that one of these days probably like 30 years from now the line maybe repurpose and could possibly be used as a Light Rail service that will connect from Fillmore to East Ventura and could possibly connect to other nearby cities such as Camarillo Moorpark Thousand Oaks and if possible Los Angeles, I mean it may sound a bit outrageous, but despite that I see the Fillmore rail line and station to be the least used because the station itself carries a collection of vintage Amtrak coaches from the 70s and 80s. It's an interesting City and station to check out. I would recommend it.
Those towns are lucky to even GET an Amtrak station. The area I live in (Shamokin Dam/Selinsgrove, PA) doesn't have any stations. If you want to catch an Amtrak train, you have to travel South to Harrisburg.
Well there is a tiny train station in my hometown city of lake Charles Louisiana and when i went to this station when it was being used by the city as a temporary place for city buses i only saw limited number of amtrack trains mostly 1 or 2 trains
I just ran a freight by Port Kent. Right now no passenger trains are running because the trains run to Montreal. With travel restrictions in place, the Canadian border is closed to non essential crossings.
I've taken a lot of cross-country Amtrak trips, and always marveled at the tiny towns that get service, for whom the rail station is clearly a source of pride and joy for the community.
Pathetic actually
@@qjtvaddict you know what's more pathetic? Wasting your time in traffic when you could easily take a train to where you need to go if available
@@jaquaviontaviousbonquequex9066 big big "if"
Yet there are some big city still lacking a station
I live in a small town near London, ON that's on the VIA Rail Corridor line between Toronto and Windsor, yet we have no station at all. The town was founded because of the Grand Trunk Railway!
And then there is Boise Idaho's station, restored and patiently waiting for Amtrak to return.
Really ? That's a big town too.
@@feminazislayer Big by Idaho standards or other places in the middle of nowhere.
Glad someone finally said it
Sorry but I have serious doubts it will ever happen. There isn't enough density along the route and getting to Portland's station to and from the east and west now requires a backup maneuver.
It's unfortunate how the only active railway station in the entirety of Idaho is in Sandpoint, IH. It's in the far north of the state and located 518 km (322 mi) away from Boise. The station's on the Empire Builder service which goes from Chicago to Seattle/Portland.
Being a frequent passenger on the Sunset Limited, it’s nice to see some love for a stop on the route. Such an underrated journey.
How about Tallahassee, FL? It's still actively signed as an Amtrak station, and maps still occasionally show as a "suspended" destination on the Sunset Limited since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Its official yearly passenger count is 0, but it's technically not yet considered a defunct station.
@@ronjoe6292 '05.
@@JimBones1990 You're right. In my defense, 2004 was a nightmare year for Florida.
When Amtrak will serve a tiny town in the middle of nowhere but they won’t serve cities 100x larger
The British railway network won't serve Newcastle-under-Lyme or Gosport? Or Dudley really (though there is a "Dudley Port" station). All are over 70 thousand in population.
@@seprishere The city of 200,000 by me doesn't have ANY form of rail service at all. Infact, only the most known cities in America seem to have any rail transport available.
@@rrai1999 there’s lots of tiny towns that have service, especially along the western long distance lines. But some major cities have none
@@williamkesler2373 The east coast has pretty much nothing to speak of outside of the northeast corridor.
@@rrai1999 which is where I'm at, albany area. Theres a reason tho. Railroading started here with Henry Hudson.
I think one of the reasons the Ethan Allen Express wasn't extended to Burlington until recently was because of Port Kent which has that ferry across to Burlington. I think they felt if they extended the Ethan Allen, even less people would use both Port Kent station and the ferry
very likely
The Albion decline came with a schedule change. The old early aft. WB and late aft. EB replaced by early am WB and late night EB. Many of us local passengers now drive 25 miles to Jackson or Battle Creek for more convenient departures.
And to be fair, Michigan subsidizes the Wolverine route and wants more stops. It's not like some of the stops out west where the states don't provide any funding.
How nice of UP though, to allow for the saving of Sanderson Station, multiple times, albeit unfortunately without complete success.
*In Sanderson’s defense* it does only get tri weekly trains. So some days literally don’t see a train at all.
That is true of most of the stations on the Sunset Limited route, except for junction stations that have trains going north.
Well the Sunset Limited has the fewest passengers of all the long distance trains.
That is true of Thurmond and Montgomery WVa. also. The Cardinal serves them tri weekly
@@JawTooth I love old lines, and historic stations, like you, but if Amtrak wants to really being back large ridership, they need to stop just going through the motions of 1965 with old routes and stations where riders don't live.
The population centers have moved since 1960. Taxi life is different too. Most people have a car for every driver, uncommon in 1955. The historic stations are often in depressed or even dangerous areas, no stores, restaurants or car rental places within walking distance. Above all, parking is a royal pain. Expensive if garaged, and if unattended lots, your car may be vandalized over a week or two. City center stations in traffic snarl cities like Atlanta, New Orleans or Houston mean the rider must slog two hours through traffic, pay to park, then ride back at 40mph over much of the same territory they just drove.
Stations need to be new, low maintenance modern and placed on freeway offramps in areas where the most riders exist and providing simple parking. The old stations would then be served by the county or city to get the rider out to the higher speed modern station where they meet the rural suburban rider.
All this accomplished by bypass sidings owned by Amtrak, but interchanging with the old freight lines, until ridership comes back.
However I don't think Amtrak really wants massive ridership. It mostly exists to run the NE Corridor service that DC politicians and lobbyists rely upon. That is why it was really created when Penn Central, Chessie, etc all cancelled passenger service in the 1960s.
Trains will likely continue as they are for several more decades. I'm happy we have the biggest and fastest rail freight infrastructure in the world, but I do miss riding trains to go 100 or 200 miles. However Amtrak service isn't worth those short runs except in the NEC.
And it's even worse when you factor in certain major cities and popular destinations on the route like Houston, El Paso, Tucson, and even Palm Springs all only get served three times a week as well. No way any of those places should be reduced to anything less than daily service.
Awesome video! Thurmond is the coolest one by far. Every railfan should visit there.
I really like the Point of Rocks station in MD near Brunswick but it is mostly used as a stand. The Harper's Ferry station is now beautifully restored and opened on the I side. When I lived there, only the outside benches were available and the run down station was filled with storage junk.
They give tours of the Thurmond abandoned buildings. Very interesting. Thurmond has a lot of history.
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I'm pretty sure it is, Mr. Jaw tooth, and I beleive Thurmond depot was shown in a Lionel catalog.
I've wanted to stop there but is there any taxi/uber service there. with only 4 residents i dont want to be stranded.
Greenfield Village wasn't the only Amtrak station that's restricted for groups of 20 of more. There's also Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park on the San Joaquins between Oakland or Sacramento and Bakersfield. It opened around 2001 and unlike Greenfield Village, it's still open today despite not being on Amtrak's list of active stations because of the arrangements that must be made to stop there
Well yeah, but I think that the main point behind his mention was that the area ended up being better serviced by Amtrak after the merger of the two stations nearby, though I do find Colonel Allensworth to be quite the intriguing station, and think it could have also been given a mention.
that's pretty cool actually, the fact that it is in a weird purgatory of existing. i almost wanna check it out but idk how id get 20 people just to chack out a station
No comments about the presence of a " Dot matrix" display and nothing about a bin bag wafting in the breeze? Thurmond would be good for a "Viki Explores"
Or signaling boxes :-)
I see no help point either
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Before the Sunset Limited stopped running east of New Orleans, I'd bet some of the Alabama and Florida stations on its route would have been on this list
I’m mad that CSX still won’t lift a finger to restore those tracks to passenger standard.
This was great i love stories that include the history, especially those whose days were in the past. Thanks for making this video.
Absolutely fantastic, good for Amtrak for continuing to serve the stations of these areas.
Well done, such an informative video on these least used stations in the U.S. As a railway enthusiast from the UK, I've been along fan of American railways, since reading about them in books and watching videos of various American locomotives. I honestly wouldn't mind All The Stations visiting the U.S. to cover these stations after this pandemic has passed over.
Love watching All The Stations!
Here in Japan we have a station with 0 users and every train, Shinkansen or Local skips it. The station is technically still in service and is still written on the station list, the price list, etc. (Akaiwa Station)
But what if I want to get on! I won't be on time! That's not very Japanese of you! For shameeeee
we have several stations which are essentially dead here in the UK, hence Parliamentary train services.
i wanna go to japan just so I can be that one guy that has to get off there lolololol
KishaScape if you look at the timetable it’s empty so it’s still technically on time
@@hamanakohamaneko7028 JUMP, TUCK, AND ROLL!!
I pray that the unbridled passion found within your riveting narration never ceases or fades. It’s truly an inspiration.
Really like how you show off the least used ones
So you’re becoming the Geoff Marshall of America?
Now he just has to visit them in person.
Isaac Anderson Ya
@@amtraktrains5627 it would be awesome if someone did geoff marshall style videos for American metro systems
Jse A ya
@@jsea1967 Imagine an American 'All the Stations'. It would take a decade!!
Great video! The area around that little station in NY looks **beautiful!**
so good to see you upload. love your videos. Made my day!
Really interresting video. Very interresting to see the history behind it all. As a european I find the idea fascinating of cities built along the railroad. But it is sad to see, what happened to a country that used to have one of the best public transport systems. I love your videos.
Happy to see a reference to the Alpine station! I have a lot of nostalgia for that one.
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Ah, I see your a man of culture as well
Ah yes engines of Amtrak 45
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Very interesting. Thanks for putting this together into a nice video.
Michigan local here. I had no idea greenfield village used to have an amtrak station, and I feel like I missed out. It would be the perfect way to get into the mood for the village and museum by taking the train in
Great vid, next you should do the top 5 most used stations by Amtrak
4:27 this song is so nostalgic for railroad tycoon 3 players i love this game so much iconic sound track brings back great memories of playing the game with my dad
Very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing the information.
I was supposed to ride the Cardinal this past June with 2 friends for our annual railfan trip to PA. but plans were cancelled of course. I hope to do it next year and see Thurmond, had no idea of the history of the town. We did stop at New River Gorge in 2015 on our way to ride with steamer #611 in VA, and we were looking forward to being on a train way down in the Gorge.
5:16 That Sign Said Matewan! 🤣 That's not Matewan That's Thurmond!🤣 Very Nice In depth video about the stations! I film Along Thurmond and Montgomery was just there today! Again Excellent Video!👍👍👍Keep'em Up!
Great video as usual! :D
Very interesting and well produced video!
Nice. If you could spin this into a series about other stations, that would be something.
Yes. Like seasonal stations like port kent, some at Glacier national park, or NY state fair near Syracuse NY. Another is flag stops and how they work if your boarding and the train needs to stop.
You should do a vid on the Siemens locomotives on engines of amtrak
Think it would be better once we get more info on the ALC-42.
He’s not going to anytime soon since neither the acs of sc 44 have much history.
He probably wont. He did say in a video that he didnt want to do modern stuff cause of how little info there is
Siemens have built quite a lot trains in the UK Such as their desiro & desiro city Family of trains Such as class 700 Operated by Thameslink That replaced 30 year old class 319 That were Built from 1987 to 1989 In BREL York to do commuter services Between Bedford and Brighten .
The class 707 Operated by southwest trains Is a commuter service train Operating Out of London waterloo Going down to Portsmouth and on the Winsor line.
The class 717 Operated by Great northern Operate on the northern city line ex London underground line Used to be part of the northern line Into 1975 The line Runs out of moorgate To Stevenage With the East Coast Main line That operate out of London king's cross.
The class 717 was made to replace class 313 peps that were Built from 1975 to 1977 their now all scrapped.
Awesome video! I sure learned something new.
Sanderson gives me some “Bad Day at Black Rock” vibes
Sanderson's a great place, it really is. Train statin's usually pretty dead when I'm there, though. The Ranch House is a great restaurant. Outback Oasis is the nicest place to stay in town. Z Bar's quite literally the best stocked store I've ever been to in my life, all in Sanderson. Was super cool seeing the Big Boy overnight there last year.
Very interesting - I must have passed through Sanderson, TX in 1997 on the Sunset Limited between Orlando, FL and El Paso TX
Most least used stations are from the cardinal
But then there’s my dads town, Crawfordville Indiana, there was at least 1500 people where my dad lives but no one really rides the cardinal there... so it’s basically 200 people per year go to that station
Maybe the cardinals should be partially discontinued or replaced by HSR partially
Great video. Thank you.
I lived in Thurmond and I loved seeing the trains running by
I'm surprised New Iberia, Louisiana is not on the list.
Since I (usually) go to Canada in summer, I like to go to Greenfield Village to see the old locomotives. It’s a shame I can’t take a train there, though.
Surprised the Tacoma Dome station wasn’t on here. It’s technically an active Amtrak station but it hasn’t been used by Amtrak since 501
501 AD? Dang, that station's been abandoned a long time then
Wow great video Jaref
The signage for the Greenfield Village station is still there, I believe. I had no idea that was an actual stop!
Im I the only one who noticed the background music was playing from number 5 and 4? Number 5 music was from Palm Tree Panic (past) from sonic CD number 4 was from Sonic colors Aquarium park act 1. Great vid by the way full of interesting facts about train stations that I didnt even know (and I know quite a bit about trains)!
Awesome video!
Excellent documentary
I live between Thurmond and Montgomery. They are both really cool little towns.
Great vid!
We have a pretty decent amount of Amtrak here. Just built a new station and just a county over to the west is the Durham Amtrak station and then in a few years, a county to the west of that will also have an Amtrak station
The banjo/blue-grass rendition of Quiet Riot's "Come on Feel the Noize" (during the Thurmond section) was pretty damn awesome.
I always used to look at Greenfield Village being listed as a stop on Amtrak's Wolverine schedule - along with the note that a reservation of 20 or more people must be made to have the trains stop there - and think, "who's even going to do that?", but also think it would be cool to see the train stop there. Anyways, it was a great idea to merge the two Dearborn stations into the John D. Dingell Transit Center, I feel that it really made a great city like Dearborn look a lot better from the tourist's perspective. I was quite surprised that a new station - with a modernity that resembled the NEC stations - would even be built in my (former) hometown. Even today, though I live closer to Pontiac, I still prefer to board the Wolverine in Dearborn, as it does save time and money, but also because it's just an amazing station.
Dearborn is no longer a great city as you put it....its an absolute shithole now.
I've been a Michigander all my life, so the fact we made this list doesn't really surprise me. What _did_ surprise me was that Albion made the list at all (Albion College is the only real thing in that town, and of course Interstate 94 is 5 minutes north of town.) I grew up in Troy, so seeing that excerpt from FY2018 that Amtrak served almost 33,000 people ATOMIZED my brain! The "station" is nothing more than a covered platform across from Big Rock Restaurant, in behind an industrial plaza, along the Grand Trunk Western/Canadian National line. This whole time I thought it was a whistle stop, but I learned I was quite wrong. *~* I completely forgot Greenfield Village used to have its own stop (the original Dearborn station was east of GV, but now is practically right outside, on the west side.)
Thurmond is wonderful. Had a lovely time looking around the old town and depot museum while waiting for the inevitability delayed Cardinal service to DC after the World Scout Jamboree last year
Great video and if possible, could you do videos on the top 3 and bottom 3 stations by state?
Albion College alumnus here. Amtrak trains blasting their horns through campus were a feature of my college days, and it was great to be able to hop on a train to Chicago or Detroit for the weekend.
You very much look like Jonathan Frakes
Not the first time I’ve heard that. I’ll take it as a compliment!
Ah yes. Good old Thurmond, WV. Nice Video AmtrakGuy.
Thank You very good video
Amtrakguy365: *makes this video*
Geoff Marshall: ARE YOU CHALLENGING ME
If you haven't already you should do a video on the former depots and stops of the Sunset Limited across the Panhandle of North Florida! Those are my home tracks and there had been a lot of history disappearing after Amtrak stopped service.
Very good video, what a sad story that Sanderson TX faced.
Sanderson, Tx is a tiny middle-of-nowhere station but it has a newer station sign, but in Toledo all of our station signs are old and bent
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Cool now I wish Amtrak's small least used train stations can be shared with smaller private companies
Nobody wants to serve those stations
Any reason the "Engines of Amtrak: Bombardier/ALSTOM Acela Express" video is no longer up?
Great video by the way, never knew some of these places brought in such low revenue!
Probably copyright, like the other videos
Port Kent: A small hamlet along the banks of Lake Champlain, and as you pointed out, is a seasonal stop only when the Ferry is in effect as a second way to provide service to people in Burlington, a city that doesn't have direct train service as the Vermonter stops in Essex, 7 miles northeast of Burlington. I wonder if Amtrak will keep this stop when the Ethan Allen is expanded to include Middlebury/Vergennes/Burlington in a couple years (well, if the pandemic hasn't destroyed that idea to expand beyond Rutland), as the only attribute for keeping this stop is its proximity to tourist attraction Ausable Chasm 5 miles to the west.
Ethan Allen extended to Burlington in 2022.
At least they have stations. Arriving in Hutchinson KS at 4am from central Missouri, there was no station, just tracks going east and west.
Here is an idea for you to do a video on. You should do a video based on rare amtrak NEC cars like the Corridor clipper and explain what they are for.
Wow I love it
Great research.
Also I have an idea for a video, the old Birmingham Terminal station in Birmingham, Alabama. The station was demolished in the 1960s.
This is interesting
I like it
Very interesting, thank you. Back in the old days, "flag stops" actually had flags of sort which the passenger employed to indicate to the engineer to stop. What are today's "flags"? Perhaps the trains momentarily stop at these tiny places regardless of waiting passengers or not.
I’m not sure about other states, but in Massachusetts on the MBTA system flag stops mean that the train will not automatically stop at the station. You will need to tell the conductor you wish to exit there. If you are waiting on the platform for a train you have to make yourself visible (stand up when the train is approaching so the engineer/conductor can see you) and the train will stop for you. Hope this helps !
@@bnsfrailfans So there is a risk that the train simply won't see you and carry on through....
love your videos Amtrakguy365
The historic LCT ferries were scrapped and the route is no longer in use sadly. They now only have the Grand Isle-Cumberland head route and Charlotte to Essex NY....When the Adirondack resumes service, I doubt anyone will use the port kent station. It still is a nice place to catch CP at least
The tag "Least Used Stations", reminds me of Geofftech.
Nice video
NICE VIDEO
Awesome facts about these old former Amtrak Depots aka train stations 🚉
When my dad work on C/O railroad for 30 years. Our family caught the train out of Thurmond many times.
I think your video was well done.
Port Kent is such a cute little town! Also, I want to go to Thurmond.
I was literally just watching your videos and then boom
The stations are so beautiful, unlike the modern monster buildings.
The issue of Cardinal and Sunset Limited low numbers of passengers in their stations is mainly the thrice weekly service.
Excellent. Some beautiful old buildings. Shame about the last one getting bowled.
So I live in California in the city called Ventura, and we have a station called the Ventura station it's small it's just a regular platform with a overhead roof on it made of wood. I used to use that station to commute from my city of Ventura to LA when I was attending another a college during my earlier years back in early 2012, I see of the station to be least used everyday however some trains do pass by it every day of the week from Monday through Sunday oh, so to my opinion it is a mostly used station but on certain days if passenger service is slow I would occasionally get the feeling that the station might close down, but for some odd reason people in my city still use it for commuting, however despite that my city has a small and constantly used station that looks like it needed a refurbishment because it has its early 80s style, however another Station East of my city of Ventura is the East Ventura Metrolink Station however the rail line continues on from that part of East Ventura and head straight all the way up to another city call Fillmore, so the way how I see this rail line is that there is a station in the Fillmore, however the realign itself has been mostly abandoned for an awfully long time, it was originally used as transporting fruits to nearby markets, such as oranges because that is the main staple of California, but the last time I remember riding on that line was a historical rail service, so you're some problems with this rail line that reach from Fillmore to East Ventura is that this rail line cross has way too many Crossways onto the highway, and originally when this Railway was built there was never any cross ways that cross over the main Highway, and if I could remember the last time I was on it, it was 1998 and the train would only stop halfway and so it comes to a nearby Railway Crossing, then after that the train would make a return Journey Back to the Fillmore station, I can definitely tell that this line was used quite a lot for transporting oranges, however I have some thought that one of these days probably like 30 years from now the line maybe repurpose and could possibly be used as a Light Rail service that will connect from Fillmore to East Ventura and could possibly connect to other nearby cities such as Camarillo Moorpark Thousand Oaks and if possible Los Angeles, I mean it may sound a bit outrageous, but despite that I see the Fillmore rail line and station to be the least used because the station itself carries a collection of vintage Amtrak coaches from the 70s and 80s. It's an interesting City and station to check out. I would recommend it.
Those towns are lucky to even GET an Amtrak station. The area I live in (Shamokin Dam/Selinsgrove, PA) doesn't have any stations. If you want to catch an Amtrak train, you have to travel South to Harrisburg.
Before clicking I thought Connersville Indiana would be on it. It almost was though. It only had 448 boardings in 2019. :)
actually, in 2021 it went down to 419 apparently. :(
Well there is a tiny train station in my hometown city of lake Charles Louisiana and when i went to this station when it was being used by the city as a temporary place for city buses i only saw limited number of amtrack trains mostly 1 or 2 trains
Really surprised the Amtrak Stanwood WA station did not make the list, although it is served the Amtrak Cascades line.
Wow, as someone living in Japan these numbers are crazy. I thought a 200 passenger a day shinkansen station was sad.
Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Endlessly, I am amazed even though I am not from usa
Do people not use the Shinkansen anymore?
I just ran a freight by Port Kent. Right now no passenger trains are running because the trains run to Montreal. With travel restrictions in place, the Canadian border is closed to non essential crossings.
That many folks from such a dinky town? That is very good!
I live right next Greenville village and in Dearborn I love it
Love the videos always wanted too go coast to coast by train. Do you know if Amtrak acomadate handicap. People
I have been to Thurmond before, it was interesting to see all the history
I'm from south of Thurmond in Wise County Virginia and our town (Applachia , Virginia ) has lost more than half of our rail traffic