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| Location | 1400 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°45′02″N 92°17′13″W / 34.75056°N 92.28694°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | BSR Trust, LLC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 passing siding and 2 through tracks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bus operators | Rock Region Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 20 long term and 20 short term dedicated parking spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: LRK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2025 | 25,432[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MoPac Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | E. M. Tucker/MoPac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 77000270[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | June 17, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Little Rock Union Station, also known as Mopac Station, is a train station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.
The present Little Rock station opened August 1, 1921, having been constructed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad after a fire destroyed the prior station on April 7, 1920. Architect E. M. Tucker of St. Louis designed the building, keeping the 1907 Renaissance Revival-style characteristics and changing the roof from gabled to flat. The Stewart Construction Company of St. Louis built the new station at a cost of $1.25 million. The structure used existing foundations, some exterior walls and the clock tower of the previous station, which had survived the fire. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Mopac Station".[2]
Although known as Union Station, this particular structure was used by only a single railroad, Missouri Pacific. Prior structures on this site were served by two additional railroads, Memphis and Little Rock Railroad (1874–1893) and St. Louis Southwestern Railway (known as the 'Cotton Belt') (ca. 1892–1910). The present (1921) structure was predated by a large wooden structure erected in 1874, and a brick station that opened in 1909 and burned in 1920.
The main entrance to Union Station was located on the Markham Street level, and waiting rooms, ticket office and a restaurant were located on this level. The upper two floors housed the railroad's train dispatchers and offices of the freight and passenger departments, American Refrigerator Transit Company, and the Pullman Company, which staffed the sleeping and dining cars of passenger trains. The basement (track level) held extensive mail and Railway Express Agency facilities, a baggage room, and a small dining car commissary. Passenger access to the tracks was via an open air midway extending from the north side of the building, with stairways and three umbrella sheds extending in each direction at track level. This midway structure was original to the 1908 station, having survived the 1920 fire.
Little Rock was the junction point for Missouri Pacific trains bound northeast to St. Louis Union Station, and east for Memphis Union Station. Trains went westbound to Dallas, Ft. Worth and El Paso; San Antonio and Galveston via Houston. Through trains from St. Louis to Hot Springs were also available. These trains included the following:[3][4]
Missouri Pacific passenger service to Little Rock ended just after midnight on May 1, 1971 when Amtrak assumed Missouri Pacific passenger operations. The remaining umbrella sheds and midway were dismantled in October 1973, less than six months before Amtrak began a new passenger route through Little Rock. Amtrak continued to use the original waiting room and ticket office area until July 1992. The waiting area and ticket offices were relocated to a newly renovated area of the station located at track level.
Rock Region Metro provides transit service around Little Rock. While there is no direct connection to the station, Route 1 provides bus service two blocks to the south of the station, although this route does not operate when Amtrak is scheduled to arrive at the station.[5]
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Little Rock Union Station, also known as Mopac Station, is a train station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.
The Terminal Hotel is a historic commercial building located on the southeast corner of Markham and Victory Streets in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a three-story Classical Revival brick building, set across Victory Street from Little Rock Union Station. It was opened in March 1909 as a railroad hotel, serving both passengers and railroad employees for many years until hotel operations ended in the late 1960s. It was later purchased and converted into residential housing units. The Terminal Hotel Company was incorporated in July 1908 and contracted with Little Rock architect Charles L. Thompson to design the structure. The ground floor was to be occupied with a barber shop, restaurant, drug store, hotel lobby and other accessories of hotel operation. The original Little Rock Union Depot structure included a hotel and restaurant operated by C.A. Pratt. Since the new Union Station was not going to include hotel accommodations in the building, the Terminal Hotel was intended as the replacement for those facilities. The proprietor of the Terminal Hotel was Miss Mary A. Crofton, who had been an employee of Pratt's Hotel and Restaurant for twenty years. The Terminal Hotel utilized a buff colored brick identical to that used for the new Union Station. The Terminal Hotel was opened for business on March 26, 1909, about six months before the new Union Station actually opened. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Englewood Union Station was a major rail junction and passenger depot in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Four railroads served the station in its prime – the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, the New York Central Railroad, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, which operated over the New York Central via trackage rights. The station closed in 1978 when the Rock Island closed intercity rail operations and intermediate stops between LaSalle Street and Gresham. There are presently no plans to reopen the station.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock, UALR) is a public research university in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The university resides on a 250-acre (100 ha) campus, which encompasses more than 56 buildings including the Center for Nanotechnology Integrative Sciences, the Emerging Analytics Center, the Sequoyah Research Center, and the Ottenheimer Library. Additionally, UA Little Rock houses special learning facilities that include a learning resource center, art galleries, KUAR public radio station, and a campus-wide wireless network. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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