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Amtrak - Catlettsburg, KY (CAT) / Tri-State Station



CATLETTSBURG

(Tri-State Station)

KENTUCKY
(CAT)

Note: Cardinal no longer stops at Catlettsburg, KY (Replaced with Ashland, KY in March 1998)


Station Data:

Address

Winchester Avenue
Catlettsburg, KY 41129

Map

Location

38.4343 N, 86.6060 W

Elevation

169 m / 555 ft

Population

1,856 (Census 2010)

Building

Year built unknown

Condition

Amtrak station building still exists, but vacant

 

Amtrak Trains:

Train Name Route

CARDINAL

[ New York, NY - Cincinnati, OH - Indianapolis, IN - Chicago, IL ]
Cardinal no longer stops at Catlettsburg, KY (Replaced with Ashland, KY)

HILLTOPPER

[ Boston, MA - Richmond, VA - Roanoke, VA - Tri-State Station, KY ]
Hilltopper was discontinued on October 1, 1979

MOUNTAINEER

[ Chicago, IL - Cincinnati, OH - Roanoke, VA - Norfolk, VA ]
Mountaineer was discontinued on June 1, 1977



Amtrak Catlettsburg Station (Tri-State Station) was located about 5 mile south of the Ashland, KY Station.  In 1975 Amtrak moved from former C&O Ashland Depot built in 1925 located at 1024 Carter Avenue, Ashland Kentucky to Tri-State Station in Catlettsburg, KY. 

Around 1988 Amtrak changed the station name from Tri-State Station to Catlettsburg and the three-letter station code was CAT. 

In March 1998 former C&O freight depot built in 1906 located at 99 15th Street was renovated and used for new Ashland Transportation Center, Ashland Kentucky.  Amtrak moved from Catlettsburg to the Ashland Transportation Center, so Amtrak Catlettsburg Station was closed.

The last Amtrak timetable showing Catlettsburg Station (issued on October 26, 1997)

Catlettsburg Station was replaced with Ashland, KY in March 1998.

(Source: timetables.org ©1997 National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Amtrak timetable showing Tri-State Station, Kentucky (issued on October 30, 1983)

Amtrak changed the station name from Tri-State Station to Catlettsburg around 1984.

(Source: timetables.org ©1983 National Railroad Passenger Corporation)



Visited on February 9, 2017      Note: The station building was demolished

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Former Amtrak Catlettsburg Station

(Tri-State Station)

Former Amtrak Catlettsburg Station

(Tri-State Station)

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Former Amtrak Catlettsburg Station

(Tri-State Station)

Former Amtrak Catlettsburg Station

(Tri-State Station)

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Platform Side

Platform Side

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Platform Side

Platform Side

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"CONDEMNED"

Inside of the station

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Looking North (Chicago)

Looking South (Washington DC)



Amtrak Catlettsburg Station / Tri-State Station (1987)




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