Wasilla | ||||||||||||||||||
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The station in the new location in January 2024. | ||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1105 East Depot Road Wasilla,AK 99654 (formerly 4415 East Railroad Avenue) | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Alaska Railroad | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1917 | |||||||||||||||||
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Wasilla Depot | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°34′43″N149°25′20″W / 61.57861°N 149.42228°W /61.57861; -149.42228 | |||||||||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | |||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1917 | |||||||||||||||||
| Built by | Alaska Engineering Commission | |||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Alaska Engineering Commission | |||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 77000218[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| AHRS No. | ANC-088 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1977 | |||||||||||||||||
| Designated AHRS | August 14, 1975 | |||||||||||||||||
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TheWasilla Depot is a railway station inWasilla, Alaska along theAlaska Railroad. Thestation building was constructed in 1917. It was designed and built by theAlaska Engineering Commission, a federal agency charged with building Alaska's railways.[2]
The building was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1] The structure was restored by the Lions Clubs and the Wasilla Chamber of Commerce.[when?][3]
Originally located near the intersection of Parks Highway and Kinks Goose Bay Road, thestation building was moved to its current location in 2020. Trains continued to stop at the old location, sans depot, until January 4, 2025 when trains began utilizing the moved depot.[4]
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