Lee's Summit (Amtrak station)
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The Lee's Summit Amtrak station is a train station in Lee's Summit
, Missouri
, United States
served by Amtrak
, the national railroad passenger system. The station was originally built in 1905 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad
. Although the station house remains intact, passenger board the trains from an all-glass rail house across the tracks.
Of the twelve Missouri stations served by Amtrak, Lee's Summit was the fifth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 70 passengers daily.
Lee's Summit, Missouri
Lee's Summit is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Cass. As of the 2010 census found the population at 91,364 making it the sixth-largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the sixth-largest city in Missouri...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
served by Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
, the national railroad passenger system. The station was originally built in 1905 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers, including the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway , Texas and Pacific...
. Although the station house remains intact, passenger board the trains from an all-glass rail house across the tracks.
Of the twelve Missouri stations served by Amtrak, Lee's Summit was the fifth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 70 passengers daily.