Greensburg station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Greensburg, PA
Location	Harrison Avenue & Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W / 40.30444°N 79.54667°W / 40.30444; -79.54667
Owned by	StoneKim Properties LLC
Line(s)	Keystone Corridor (Pittsburgh Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Westmoreland County Transit Authority
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GNB
History
Opened	1912
Rebuilt	1995
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2017)	13,634  0.6%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Pittsburgh Terminus Pennsylvanian Latrobe toward New York
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Pittsburgh toward Chicago Three Rivers 1995–2005 Latrobe toward New York Broadway Limited Until 1995 Johnstown toward New York Wilkinsburg toward Kansas City National Limited Latrobe toward New York or Washington, D.C. Pitcairn toward Pittsburgh Fort Pitt Latrobe toward Altoona Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Radebaugh toward Chicago Main Line Donohoe toward New York or Exchange Place Terminus Hempfield Branch County Home Junction toward Gratztown Preceding station Conrail Following station Jeanette toward Pittsburgh Parkway Limited Terminus
Greensburg Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Greensburg station house.
Location in Pennsylvania
Built	1911
Architect	William H. Cookman
Architectural style	Jacobean Revival
NRHP reference No.	77001202
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1977

The Greensburg train station is a cool place where you can catch an Amtrak train! It's located about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. You can find it at Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive, just north of the city center. Only one train, the Pennsylvanian, stops here once a day in each direction.

Station History

The Greensburg station first opened in 1912. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was a very important train company back then. They built it as part of a big project to raise the train tracks above the ground in Greensburg. A person named William Holmes Cookman designed the building.

Building Design

The station is made of red bricks with fancy stone decorations on the corners. The style is called Jacobean Revival, which means it looks like buildings from a long time ago. It has a tall, square clock tower with a cool copper dome on top. The dome has fancy decorations around it.

Past Train Services

From March to November in 1981, a special train called the Parkway Limited used this station as its last stop. It helped people travel to Pittsburgh for work. Until 2005, another train called the Three Rivers also stopped here. This train was an extended version of the Pennsylvanian and went all the way to Chicago. When the Three Rivers train stopped running, it was the first time in Greensburg's history that only one passenger train stopped at the station each day. Today, the small shelter that serves as the station doesn't have a ticket office.

Historic Landmark

The Greensburg station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977. This means it's an important historical building! The old station building now holds a restaurant.

Getting Around Greensburg

The Westmoreland County Transit Authority (WCTA) has a transit center about 0.3 miles south of the train station. All WCTA bus routes pass through this transit center. Greyhound buses also have a stop at the WCTA transit center, making it easy to connect to other places.

Images for kids

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  View from Pennsylvania Avenue

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  Train Station Portico

• Amtrak – Stations – Greensburg, PA
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-249, "Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA", 3 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page