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Truckee station

Coordinates: 39°19′39″N 120°11′08″W / 39.3275°N 120.1855°W / 39.3275; -120.1855
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Truckee
General information
Location10065 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, CA 96161
Coordinates39°19′39″N 120°11′08″W / 39.3275°N 120.1855°W / 39.3275; -120.1855
Owned byUnion Pacific
Line(s)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsAmtrak Thruway Motorcoach; 20a[1]
Other information
Station codeTRU
History
Opened1891
Passengers
FY20139,855[2]Increase 4.3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Template:Amtrak lines

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.

In FY2012 Truckee was the 61st-busiest of the 74 Amtrak stations in California, boarding or detraining an average of about 26 passengers daily.[3]

Bus service

The station is served by daily Greyhound buses,[4] local Tahoe Area Regional Transit (TART),[5] and the local Truckee Transit[6] bus system.

Platforms and tracks

1  California Zephyr toward Emeryville (Colfax)
 California Zephyr toward Chicago (Reno)
2-3  Bypass/Freight line No passenger service|}

References

  1. ^ Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 20a: Sacramento - Reno/Sparks, Nevada (Amtrak California)
  2. ^ "2013 California Report" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/locations.aspx?state=ca
  5. ^ http://www.placer.ca.gov/~/media/dpw/tart/images/TARTRouteMap121112.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.townoftruckee.com/index.aspx?page=53