Wasilla Depot

Wasilla
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
Services
Preceding station Alaska Railroad Following station Anchorage Terminus Denali Star Talkeetna toward Fairbanks Aurora Winter Train Hurricane Turn (Winter service) Talkeetna toward Hurricane Gulch
Wasilla Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Coordinates	61°34′43″N 149°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
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 16, 1977
Designated AHRS	August 14, 1975
Location

The Wasilla Depot is a railway station in Wasilla, Alaska along the Alaska Railroad. The station building was constructed in 1917. It was designed and built by the Alaska Engineering Commission, a federal agency charged with building Alaska's railways.^[2]

The building was listed on the National 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, the station 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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Alfred Monquin (December 30, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wasilla Depot". and accompanying photos
3. The Milepost. Morris Communications. 2009. pp. 385–386.
4. "Alaska Railroad Moves Wasilla Passenger Stop". Alaska Business. January 10, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2025.