Station Data:

Address

100 South Main Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Location

36.17 N, 115.15 W

Elevation

619m / 2031ft

Population

583,756 (Census 2010)

Building

Back Side of Plaza Hotel

Condition

Station facility still exists

Amtrak Train:

DESERT WIND

[ Chicago, IL - Denver, CO - Las Vegas, NV - Los Angeles, CA ]
Discontinued on May 12, 1997

Desert Wind (Los Angeles, CA - Chicago, IL) was discontinued on May 12, 1997.  The train served Las Vegas, NV.  The station was located at Plaza Hotel (back side of the hotel).  No passenger train comes to Las Vegas today.  New train between Los Angeles, CA and Las Vegas, NV has been planed for many years, but it has never happened.

Las Vegas, Nevada - Passenger Station History

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Visited in November 2011

Plaza Hotel
11 / 26 / 2011

Plaza Hotel Main Entrance
11 / 26 / 2011

Back Side of Plaza Hotel
11 / 26 / 2011

Former Amtrak Station
11 / 26 / 2011

Looking toward South (Los Angeles)
11 / 26 / 2011

Looking toward North (Chicago)
11 / 26 / 2011

Visited in May 2001

Station Building
5 / 15 / 2001

Station Building
5 / 15 / 2001

Plaza Hotel (Looking North)
5 / 15 / 2001

Plaza Hotel Main Entrance
5 / 15 / 2001

You can see "Amtrak" on the wall.
5 / 15 / 2001

Notice about Alcohol
5 / 15 / 2001

Looking toward South (Los Angeles)
5 / 15 / 2001

Looking toward North (Chicago)
5 / 15 / 2001