Malvern station (Arkansas)

Malvern, AR
The depot at Malvern in February 2017.
General information
Location	200 East First Street Malvern, Arkansas United States
Coordinates	34°21′56″N 92°48′49″W / 34.36556°N 92.81361°W / 34.36556; -92.81361
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: MVN
History
Opened	1916
Passengers
FY 2023	1,464[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Arkadelphia toward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Little Rock toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Texarkana toward Laredo or Houston Inter-American Little Rock toward Chicago Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station Donaldson toward Texarkana Texarkana – St. Louis Traskwood toward St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot-Malvern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Malvern, Arkansas
MPS	Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000615
Added to NRHP	June 11, 1992
Location

Malvern station is a train station at 200 E. First Street in Malvern, Arkansas. A former Missouri Pacific Railroad station, this 24-by-84-foot (7.3 by 25.6 m) red brick depot was originally constructed in 1916. Amtrak's Texas Eagle serves Malvern with one daily passenger train in each direction. The station is unstaffed and, because trains stop on a flag stop basis, advance reservations are strongly recommended.

From 1876 to 1901, Malvern was the only junction point for rail passengers desiring to travel to Hot Springs National Park. Passengers arriving on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, a predecessor of Missouri Pacific Railroad, would transfer at Malvern to the trains of the Hot Springs Railroad. The former roundhouse of the Hot Springs Railroad is located across the track from the Malvern Amtrak station.

Malvern is the closest Amtrak station for Hot Springs National Park, but it is now necessary to travel by automobile over the 20 miles between the two points.