Union Station

Union Station in 2008. Photo by Phil Frana.

Union Depot. Public domain photo taken between 1905 and 1915. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Union Depot postcard.

Union Station is a Little Rock train station stop for the 1,308-mile Amtrak Texas Eagle route. The Texas Eagle makes twenty-six stops between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas.

History of Union Depot

Pratt's Hotel was located inside the depot in the late nineteenth century.

Railroads served by Union Depot:

• Little Rock, Mississippi River, and Texas Railway
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway

History of Union Station

Union Station was constructed in 1921 after fire gutted the older Union Station Depot. The Missouri Pacific Railroad sold the station on April 27, 1973, to Train Station, Inc.

Railroads served by Union Station:

• Amtrak
• Missouri Pacific Railroad

References

• George Waldon, "Running Off the Tracks," Arkansas Business, August 19, 1991.

External links

• Homepage of Amtrak's Texas Eagle