Truckee station

Truckee is an Amtrak train station in Truckee, California.

Truckee, CA
The Truckee station building in 2010
Location10065 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, CA 96161
Coordinates39.3275°N 120.1855°W / 39.3275; -120.1855
Owned byUnion Pacific
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsAmtrak Thruway Motorcoach; 20a,[1] TART, Greyhound
Other information
Station codeTRU
History
Opened1891
Original companyCentral Pacific Railroad
Passengers
201815,251[2]  2.5% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Colfax
toward Emeryville
 California Zephyr Reno
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Roseville
toward Oakland Pier
 Overland Route Reno
toward Ogden
Location

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
  1. Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 20a: Sacramento - Reno/Sparks, Nevada (Amtrak California) Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  5. http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/locations.aspx?state=ca
  6. http://www.placer.ca.gov/~/media/dpw/tart/images/TARTRouteMap121112.pdf


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