Deming station

32°16′18″N 107°45′15″W / 32.27167°N 107.75417°W / 32.27167; -107.75417Line(s)UP Lordsburg SubdivisionPlatformsNo platformTracks2ConstructionParkingYesAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: DEMHistoryOpened1881PassengersFY 20221,085^[1] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Lordsburg toward Los Angeles		Sunset Limited		El Paso toward New Orleans
		Texas Eagle		El Paso toward Chicago

Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Lordsburg toward Los Angeles Sunset Route El Paso toward New Orleans

Location

Deming station is an Amtrak train station at 400 East Railroad Boulevard in Deming, New Mexico. The station consists of a simple metal shelter with a bench inside (sometimes derisively called an "Amshack") with train information posted on a sign outside. There is no platform at this station, trains stop at a paved vehicle crossing where passengers board.

History

In March 1881, the second transcontinental railroad, uniting the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway from the east with the Southern Pacific Railway from the west, was completed at Deming. To mark the occasion, a silver spike was driven to connect the rails. Deming subsequently received a large two-story "union depot" that in 1930 was remodeled into a one-story structure.^[2]

The original old wood depot has since been moved and repurposed.

References

External links

Media related to Deming (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Deming Amtrak station information Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine

• Deming, NM – Amtrak
• Deming, NM – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Deming Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)