The Flagstaff Amtrak station is located at 1 East Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County...

. The station, formerly the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...

 depot, doubles as a visitor center and is located in the midst of the shops, cafes, and boutiques of downtown Flagstaff. Northern Arizona University is located nearby, as are the Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965....

 (where Pluto was discovered), Sunset Crater

Sunset Crater

Sunset Crater is a volcanic cinder cone located north of Flagstaff in U.S. State of Arizona. The crater is within the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument....

, the Walnut Canyon National Monument, ski resorts, and other attractions.

Of the eight Arizona stations served by Amtrak, Flagstaff was the busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 115 passengers daily.

History

AT&SF built the depot in 1926. The station's elevation is 6902 feet (2,103.7 m) above sea level. Adjacent is the 1886 solid-red sandstone freight depot originally built by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad was a U.S. railroad that owned or operated two disjoint segments, one connecting St. Louis, Missouri with Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the other connecting Albuquerque, New Mexico with Southern California. It was incorporated by the U.S. Congress in 1866 as a...

.

Routes

• Southwest Chief
  Southwest Chief
  The Southwest Chief is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2256-mile BNSF route through the Midwestern and Southwestern United States. It runs from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, passing through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California...
  
  
• Mountain Line
  Mountain Line (Arizona)
  The Mountain Line provides public transportation bus service in the Flagstaff area of Coconino County, Arizona.-Routes:There are six routes which interchange at the downtown transfer center, located on W. Phoenix Ave at S. Mikes Pike and at the Flagstaff Mall transfer center located on E. Mall Way...
  
   city bus service
• Open Road Tours shuttle services to Phoenix, Camp Verde, Sedona, Oak Creek, Williams, and the Grand Canyon depart from the Amtrak station.
• Flagstaff Shuttle and Charter provides custom time private shuttles from Amtrak to the Grand Canyon, Sedona, and Snowbowl Ski Area.
• Greyhound
  Greyhound Lines
  Greyhound Lines, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, operating under the well-known logo of a leaping greyhound. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and...
  
  operates intercity bus service from its nearby station

Some Greyhound and Open Road services may be booked through Amtrak.

External links

• Flagstaff Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)