Modesto station
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| Location | 1700 Held Drive Modesto, CA 95355 United States | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°40′09″N 120°54′54″W / 37.6690288°N 120.9149256°W | |||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Modesto | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Stockton Subdivision[1] | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||
| Parking | Free lot | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Station code | MOD | |||||||||||
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| Opened | 1999 | |||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 121,389[2]  1.3% | |||||||||||
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Modesto station is a staffed Amtrak station in Modesto, California. It serves the on the San Joaquin line. Designed by Pacific Design Associates of Modesto and VBN Architects of Oakland, the $2.4 million depot was built on four acres of former dairy pastureland.[3] The station has one platform which serves a single track. A free unattended parking lot is available, as well as local bus service provided by Modesto Area Express.
Before November 1999, trains stopped instead in Riverbank, about 4 miles north.[4]
Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Modesto was the 27th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 270 passengers daily.[5]
Facilities
There is one bathroom with three vending machines. There is also a check-in desk and an automated check-in machine. Outside there is a side platform.
Platforms and tracks
| Main track | ■ San Joaquin | toward Oakland – Jack London Square (Stockton–San Joaquin Street) |
| ■ San Joaquin | toward Sacramento (Stockton–Downtown) | |
| ■ San Joaquin | toward Bakersfield (Turlock/Denair) |
Transit connections
Although none of the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach services reach the station the town's local bus, Modesto Area Express route 25 serves the station.
References
- ^ BNSF Subdivision Map
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ Great American Stations. Accessed February 13, 2013.
- ^ http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/modesto.htm
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
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External links
Media related to Modesto (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Modesto, CA – Amtrak
- Modesto, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Amtrak California - Modesto
- Modesto (MOD)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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