Truckee station
Truckee, CA | |||||||||||||
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 The Truckee station building in 2010 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 10065 Donner Pass Road Truckee, CA 96161 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°19′39″N 120°11′08″W / 39.3275°N 120.1855°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Union Pacific | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach; 20a,[1] TART, Greyhound | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | TRU | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1891 | ||||||||||||
| Original company | Central Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | 15,251[2]  2.5% (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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Truckee is an Amtrak train station in Truckee, California.
It is currently served by one daily passenger train in each direction, the California Zephyr. The westbound train arrives in the morning from Chicago and Denver heading for Sacramento and Emeryville with the eastbound train calling in mid-afternoon. Truckee is also served by Amtrak's "thruway motorcoaches" which run three round trips a day between Sparks and connect to trains at Sacramento.
History
The Central Pacific Railroad selected Truckee as the name of its railroad station by August 1867, even though the tracks would not reach the station until a year later in 1868.[3]
In FY2012 Truckee was the 61st-busiest of the 74 Amtrak stations in California, boarding or detraining an average of about 26 passengers daily.[4]
Bus service
The station is served by daily Greyhound buses,[5] and local Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit (TART).[6]
Platforms and tracks
| 1 | ■ California Zephyr | toward Emeryville (Colfax) |
| ■ California Zephyr | toward Chicago (Reno) | |
| 2-3 | ■ Bypass/Freight line | No passenger service |
References
- ^ Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 20a: Sacramento - Reno/Sparks, Nevada (Amtrak California) Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 570. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ^ http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/locations.aspx?state=ca
- ^ http://www.placer.ca.gov/~/media/dpw/tart/images/TARTRouteMap121112.pdf
External links
Media related to Truckee (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Truckee, CA – Amtrak
- Truckee, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Truckee Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
- Truckee (TRU)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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