Harpers Ferry station

Harpers Ferry station is a historic railway station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is currently served by Amtrak's Capitol Limited as well as MARC commuter service. Built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the station is part of the Harpers Ferry Historic District.

It is a wooden frame Victorian style building, dating from 1889. It sits on buried foundations of original Harpers Ferry armory buildings.

In 2007, the station was rededicated following a $2.2 million renovation, which included restoration of the station's tower.

Station layout

The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

See also

• B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing

References

External links

Media related to Harpers Ferry (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Harpers Ferry, WV – Amtrak
• Harpers Ferry, WV – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Harper's Ferry Amtrak-MARC Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-86, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV", 38 photos, 1 color transparency, 14 measured drawings, 110 data pages, 4 photo caption pages

1. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
2. Harpers Ferry Armory
3. USS Harpers Ferry
4. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
5. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
6. Battle of Harpers Ferry
7. Harpers Ferry Historic District
8. John Brown's Fort
9. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
10. Heyward Shepherd monument
11. Monocacy station
12. John Brown (abolitionist)
13. Ephraim Francis Baldwin
14. Jeremiah Anderson (abolitionist)
15. Raid on Catoctin Station
16. Dixon Stansbury Miles
17. Ferry (disambiguation)
18. Osborne Perry Anderson
19. U.S. Route 340
20. Storer College