 In 1975, Amtrak abandoned the station in favor of nearby Tri-State Station in Catlettsburg.The city purchased the former freight house in 1997 using more than $500,000 in federal funds obtained through the Intermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Act of 1991 in order to restore it as an intermodal transit station serving rail as well as buses.Amtrak moved rail services to the restored facility on March 11, 1998.