Raton (Amtrak station)

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Raton

Station statistics

Address

201 South First Street
Raton, NM 87740

Lines

Southwest Chief

Connections

Thruway Motorcoach

Other information

Opened

1903

Code

RAT

Owned by

BNSF Railroad

Traffic

Passengers (FY2007)

18,245 ▲ 0.4% (Amtrak)

Services

Preceding station		Amtrak		Following station
Las Vegas toward Los Angeles		Southwest Chief		Trinidad toward Chicago

The Raton Amtrak station is located at 201 South First Street in Raton, New Mexico. It occupies the former Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway depot, which was built in 1903. Like many of the Santa Fe depots, the station was designed in the Mission Revival style.

The station is staffed during the summer season when tourism for the Philmont Scout Ranch and the National Rifle Association (NRA) Whittington Center is at its peak. During off-seasons, it is open at all train times, maintained by a caretaker. Passengers with layovers there often visit the non-profit Old Pass Gallery, located on the station grounds in the restored 1910 Railway Express Agency building.