Bakersfield (Amtrak station)

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

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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2006, State of California (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.

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