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==Transportation== [[File:Plumb Administration Building.JPG|thumb|right|Plumb Administration Building & Albert Taylor Hall at [[Emporia State University]] (2012)]] [[File:Lyon county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg|thumb|right|Lyon County courthouse (2009)]] ===Air=== The city is served by the [[Emporia Municipal Airport]]. ===Bus=== Bus service within the city is provided by LCAT, or Lyon County Area Transportation. The agency provides demand and deviated fixed-route bus services within the city of Emporia. [[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon County]]. The buses are a service of Lyon County, with significant support coming from the Kansas Department of Transportation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhound.com/home/TicketCenter/en/locations.asp?state=ks |title=Greyhound Lines - Bus stops in Kansas |access-date=October 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828024914/http://www.greyhound.com/home/TicketCenter/en/locations.asp?state=ks |archive-date=August 28, 2010 }}</ref> ===Highway=== Emporia is served by the following highways: {{jct|state=KS|I|35}}, {{jct|state=KS|I|335}}, {{jct|state=KS|KTA|}}, {{jct|state=KS|US|50}}, {{jct|state=KS|K|99}}. ===Train=== The former [[Southern Transcon]] main line of [[BNSF Railway]] (ex-[[Santa Fe Railroad|Santa Fe]]) passes east-west through Emporia. A [[rail yard|yard]] is located in Emporia. The city was served by Santa Fe passenger trains until the creation of [[Amtrak]] in 1971. The daily ''[[Southwest Chief]]'' served the city from 1971β1997. Service to [[Emporia station]] was eliminated in 1997, two years before a fire destroyed the 1884-built station. In 2014, local efforts were started to bring back the station. {{As of|2018|post=,}} the future of revitalized service and a new station is still uncertain.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Redeker |first1=Mary Ann |title=Future uncertain for Amtrak in Emporia |url=http://www.emporiagazette.com/latest_news_and_features/article_fb86742a-7345-5da2-a62d-f1aeecc0cf01.html |access-date=3 August 2018 |work=The Emporia Gazette |date=12 May 2017}}</ref>
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