Current Project Status:  Construction

For a copy of the latest plans, you may access them here. 

*****ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION: Starting on Monday, February 23, 2026, Argonne Drive will be closed to through traffic in the 100 W Block of Argonne Drive in front of the Kirkwood Train Station for utility installation as part of the Train Station Renovation Project. The closure will be from 7AM to 4PM Monday through Friday, with Argonne Drive open to thru traffic after 4PM on weeknights and all day on both Saturday and Sunday. During the closure, the 100 W block of Argonne will remain open to local traffic, but no thru traffic. A detour route will be signed using Kirkwood Road-Adams-Clay. The closure is expected to last thru March 13, but is subject to weather and field conditions. ******

Restoration work has started on the Train Station. The temporary train station was opened to train passengers on June 10, 2025. Restoration on the train station is in full swing. Electric and Gas Services have been disconnected from the building. On July 22, 2025 the slate roof started to come off and all slate on the station is complete as of November 21. Copper work has started near the edge of the roof and is approximately 50% complete. The geothermal wells have been drilled and connected to building. The new storage building has walls and a roof and covered in slate roofing. The stone block is being installed as of February 19. The support columns and structure of the extended canopy toward Kirkwood Road was erected on November 17. The framing to tie into the station is taking shape and is connected to the primary roof structure. The Parking lot between the Train Station and 4 Hands/Peacemaker is completed and half is open to public parking, as of December 15, 2026.

 The project is anticipated for full completion by June of 2026.

For a copy of all the presentation board presented at the public meeting on August 8, 2023, you may access them here. 

East-West Gateway Council of Governments has determined that the Historic Kirkwood Amtrak Station Restoration Project is consistent with the goals of the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and has awarded funding for the project. This project includes the restoration of the train station construction in 1893, including roof, tuckpointing, HVAC, interior, and ADA improvements, window restoration, and a new passenger platform cover. 

Project Goals

• The Kirkwood Train Station will continue to operate as a train station and transportation hub to serve Amtrak train/bus passengers, the third busiest in Missouri. The station will remain an intermodal trail head for bicyclists accessing the Katy and future Rock Island Trails.

• Serve as a local/visitor information center and place for train enthusiasts to observe daily traffic of freight/passenger trains.

• The project will address poor lighting, inefficient HVAC, sagging roof members, but will preserve and retain the historic character of the property.

• The restoration will preserve the original architectural elements, distinctive features, finishes and construction techniques and bring back the overhang of the platform that was once there prior to 1985. A new storage building is proposed with this project that will be compatible in materials, scale and architectural features.

• Function as event space annually hosting events, civic meetings and ceremonies.

• Provide space for monthly exhibits “Art at the Station,” sponsored by the city’s Kirkwood Arts Commission since 2015.

• Remain an outstanding example of late 19th-century Richardsonian Romanesque architecture

PROJECT SCOPE

The scope of the project is an interior and exterior restoration of historic Kirkwood Missouri Pacific Depot, Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style, constructed in 1893, modernized in 1941; listed in the National Register of Historic Places in May of 1985. City of Kirkwood owned since 2003, which includes the following:

• Reproduction of original covered passenger platform connected to the train station on the east
  side of the station;
• Historically-informed ancillary storage building on the west end of the station;
• Redesign/installation of surrounding outdoor plaza for enhanced/expanded use by passengers and public/private events;
• Expansion and ADA-compliant updating of Men’s and Women’s restrooms;
• Roof replacement and cupola reconstruction. of roofing and cupola;
• Repair and ADA-compliant reconstruction of three exterior doorways;
• Refinish/rehabilitate all original exterior woodwork and windows including striping 6+ layers of paint on baggage room doors;
• Repair, restoration and painting of all windows;
• Repair, restoration and period reproduction of interior walls, ceiling, flooring and lighting;
• Design/installation of modern geothermal HVAC;
• Design/installation of modern fire suppression systems
• New Reconstructed parking lot