Bakersfield (Amtrak station)

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Bakersfield
Station statistics
Address	601 Truxton Ave Bakersfield, CA 93301
Lines	San Joaquins
Other service	Thruway Motorcoach Routes 1 & 9
Parking	free
Other information
Passengers (2006)	382,393 (Amtrak) 3.4%
Opened	July 2000
Code	BFD

Bakersfield Station is an Amtrak station in Bakersfield, California. It is the terminus for the San Joaquins service of Amtrak California. With 382,393 boardings and alightings in Amtrak's FY2006, it is the eighth busiest Amtrak station in California^[1].

The station offers checked baggage, Amtrak Express, ticket sales, free parking, and a large air conditioned waiting room. One of the two railway platforms are sheltered, and the station also has 14 bus bays.

The station opened with a celebration on July 4, 2000, replacing a smaller station 0.9 miles to the west, because that station was too far from downtown (Jim Costa spoke and Buck Owens performed at the event). The older station was built in 1974. It had a storage area for two trains, whereas the new station can store three.

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[edit] External Links

• Amtrak
• Amtrak California
• Amtrak Stations Database
• Photos at Amtrak Photo Archive [1][2][3][4][5]
• Urinal Dot Net

Previous station		Amtrak		Next station
Wasco toward Oakland or Sacramento		San Joaquins		Terminus