[2][3] In the first 30 years of operation, the station hosted as many as 66 passenger trains a day.

In 1931 the station opened an elevated platform to alleviate congestion between trains, streetcars and automobiles.

[2] In summer 1964 part of the station was demolished to make way for an extension of Sixth Street.

That train was subsequently extended to Kansas City and renamed the National Limited.

The last train out of the station was the National Limited, which was eliminated in October, 1979 when U.S. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams opted to eliminate half a dozen Amtrak routes he deemed lower performing.