Since the 1960s, the station has also served as the intercity link for the state capital of Santa Fe, 18 miles (29 km) to the north.

Motorcoaches operating under the Amtrak Thruway brand, shuttle passengers between Lamy station, Santa Fe, with service continuing onto Los Alamos.

[6] The one-story Lamy depot was built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1909, replacing a two-story wood-frame structure erected in 1881.

As the track-building advanced into New Mexico, the civil engineers realized that the terrain around Santa Fe made this an impossible undertaking.

[7] The Lamy station appears in a 1954 educational Encyclopædia Britannica film called The Passenger Train, produced by Milan Herzog.