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Greensburg, PA
The station house
General information
Location	Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive Greensburg, Pennsylvania U.S.
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)	Norfolk Southern Railway Pittsburgh Line (Keystone Corridor)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Westmoreland County Transit Authority
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: GNB
History
Opened	1912
Rebuilt	1995
Passengers
FY 2023	10,089 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station PittsburghTerminus Pennsylvanian Latrobetoward New York
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Pittsburghtoward Chicago Three Rivers1995–2005 Latrobetoward New York Broadway LimitedUntil 1995 Johnstowntoward New York Wilkinsburgtoward Kansas City National Limited Latrobetoward New York or Washington, D.C. Pitcairntoward Pittsburgh Fort Pitt Latrobetoward Altoona Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Radebaughtoward Chicago Main Line Donohoetoward New York or Exchange Place Terminus Hempfield Branch County Home Junctiontoward Gratztown Preceding station PennDOT Following station Jeanettetoward Pittsburgh Parkway Limited Terminus
Greensburg Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
Coordinates	40°18′16″N 79°32′48″W / 40.30444°N 79.54667°W / 40.30444; -79.54667
Built	1911
Architect	William H. Cookman
Architectural style	Jacobean Revival
NRHP reference No.	77001202
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1977
Designated PHLF	2014
Location

Greensburg station is an Amtrak railway station located approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Pittsburgh at Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The station is located just north of the city center. It is served only by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once daily in each direction.

History

The station was opened in 1912 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of a project to elevate the right-of-way as it passed through Greensburg. William Holmes Cookman served as architect. The depot is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern with stone trim and quoins on the building's corners; the overall architectural style is Jacobean Revival. A copper ogee dome with a finial tops a tall square clock tower. Ornamented parapets with center cartouches and corner finials surround the dome.

From March to November 1981, the station was the eastern terminus of PennDOT's Parkway Limited train, which took commuters to Pittsburgh. Until 2005, Greensburg was served by the Three Rivers (a replacement service for the Broadway Limited), an extended version of the Pennsylvanian that terminated in Chicago. Its cancellation marked the first time in Greensburg's railway history that a single daily passenger train served the town. The small shelter that serves as the present station has no ticket office.

The station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977. The historic station now houses a restaurant.

Westmoreland County Transit Authority's transit center is approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the train station. All WCTA bus routes pass through Greensburg Station at the transit center. Greyhound also has a bus stop at the WCTA transit center.

Gallery

• View from Pennsylvania Avenue
• Greensburg station's portico
• Pennsylvanian at Greensburg station platform

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
3. Historic Landmark Plaques 1968–2014 (PDF). Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2014. p. 19. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
4. Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 192. ISBN 978-0471143895.
5. "Greensburg Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
6. Westmoreland County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #77001202)
7. "Greensburg Train Station to get new restaurant". The Tribune-Review. Trib Total Media Inc. April 2, 2010. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2010.

External links

Media related to Greensburg (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Greensburg, PA – Amtrak
• Greensburg, PA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Greensburg Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide - TrainWeb)
• 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

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