Ponca City station

Ponca City station is a former and proposed railway station in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

History

The Santa Fe Railway originally skipped building a depot in Ponca City, with locals using the nearby station at Cross for trips. Arrangements were made by local boosters to have the Cross stationmaster move the depot to a more convenient location. The original station at the site was a simple boxcar. The first station building was built in 1885.
Celebrations planned to accompany the opening of the new depot in 1911 were called off by the Santa Fe. The new depot would go on to open May24. Amtrak service ceased on October1, 1979 with the discontinuation of the Lone Star. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March12, 2012.
In anticipation of the return of Amtrak services to the city via the Heartland Flyer, Ponca City undertook to rehabilitate the station with renovations beginning in February 2025. The estimated cost of the project is $3.2million.