Lorton, VA
The waiting area at Lorton
General information
Location	8006 Lorton Road Lorton, Virginia United States
Coordinates	38°42′30″N77°13′15″W / 38.7084°N 77.2207°W /38.7084; -77.2207
Owned by	Amtrak
Platforms	1side platform
Construction
Parking	Short-term only
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak:LOR
History
Opened	1971
Closed	1981–1983
Rebuilt	2000
Passengers
FY 2025	265,950[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Florence (Service stop only) towardSanford Auto Train Terminus
Former services Preceding station auto-train Following station Sanford Terminus Sanford–Lorton Terminus
Location

Lorton station is a railroad terminal inLorton, Virginia. It is the northern terminal forAmtrak'sAuto Train, which operates between this station andSanford station in Florida. WhenAuto-Train was originally established in Lorton in 1971, the station house was still under construction. Until it was completed sometime between 1972 and 1975, it consisted of tents and pre-fabricated houses and trailers, and the parking lot was still paved only with gravel. When it was completed, it included a former caboose and boxcar previously owned by theRichmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad that was converted into a gift shop. As with the rest of Auto Train, the station closed in 1981 and was reopened in 1983 when Amtrak acquired the service.

The current station, which opened in 2000 as a replacement for the original Lorton Auto-Train station,^[2] features a large, modern waiting area designed in a modernArt Deco style, with high glass walls, a small gift shop, a snack bar, and a children'splayground. There is one long low-level platform (which is 1,480 feet (451 m) long) designed forAuto Train boarding and 6 vehicle ramps for boarding vehicles onto the 20+autoracks that are on theAuto Train.^[3][4][5] This station is one mile south of theVirginia Railway ExpressLorton station. No other Amtrak trains stop at either station.

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  Contemporary platform at Lorton station. Superliners are lined up at the left
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  Autoracks are lined up on the right.
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  Autoracks lined up at their loading ramps

Media related toLorton station at Wikimedia Commons

• Lorton, VA – Amtrak
• Lorton, VA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Detailed station and Auto Train info
• Lorton Amtrak-Auto Train Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
• Original Lorton Terminal images (Theme Trains.com)

• Amtrak stations in Virginia
• Auto Train
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1971
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1983
• Transportation in Fairfax County, Virginia
• Railway stations in the United States closed in 1981

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