Rocklin station
Rocklin, CA | ||||||||||||||||
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 Rocklin station, October 3, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rocklin Road and Railroad Avenue Rocklin, CA 95677 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°47′28″N 121°14′15″W / 38.7911°N 121.2374°W | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad Roseville Subdivision[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach to Sacramento[2] | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | RLN | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 16,918[3]  6.23% (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||
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Rocklin station is an Amtrak California train station in Rocklin, California, United States.
History
The city and the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency funded the design and construction of the current $1.25 million depot, which opened in July 2006.[4] Designed by Studio SMS of nearby Roseville and inspired by historic 19th and early 20th century stations, the depot is dominated by a clock tower. The building is finished in a random ashlar stone veneer in varying shades of grey and beige and stucco with complementary brown tones.[4]
In FY2012 Rocklin was the 43rd-busiest of Amtrak's 74 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 90 passengers daily.[5]
Design
The depot has a waiting room for rail and bus passengers, and there are also offices for the Rocklin Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a room reserved for community meetings.[4]
Rocklin station has moveable platforms to accommodate Union Pacific's rotary snowplows, which require clearance of 8 in (20 cm) above the rail.[6][dubious – discuss]
Platforms and tracks
| Westbound | ■ Capitol Corridor | toward San Jose (Roseville) |
| ■ California Zephyr | No stops | |
| Eastbound | ■ Capitol Corridor | toward Auburn (Terminus) |
| ■ California Zephyr | No stops |
References
- ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
- ^ "Capitol Corridor" (PDF). Amtrak. June 17, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ a b c Great American Stations. Accessed February 15, 2013.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ Glischinski, Steve (December 2010), "Where the Rotaries Roll On", Trains Magazine, 70 (12): 24, ISSN 0041-0934,
When the rotaries move out of Roseville, workers have to pull up crossings, and remove the Amtrak station platforms at Rocklin and Colfax to accommodate the plows. The platforms were designed to be portable because of this.
External links
Media related to Rocklin (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Rocklin, CA – Amtrak
- Rocklin, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Rocklin Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
- Rocklin (RLN)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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