Maricopa (Amtrak station)
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| Address | 19427 N. John Wayne Parkway Maricopa, AZ 85239 |
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| Lines | Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle | ||||||||||||||
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| Code | MRC | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2007) | 5,764 ▲ 19% | ||||||||||||||
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The Maricopa (Amtrak station) is located at 19427 N. John Wayne Parkway in Maricopa, Arizona which is in Pinal County, Arizona. Maricopa was added as a stop for the Sunset Limited after Amtrak was forced to withdraw service from Phoenix due to deteriorated track conditions on a secondary Union Pacific Railroad track which diverged from the mainline to serve Phoenix.
On display is a restored Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad dome car, The Silver Horizon (car #375). [1] The dome car, at one time in use as the station office, proved unsuitable and has been replaced by the former Tucson, Arizona station building... a double-wide modular trailer coach that was rolled on to the site after the original historic Tucson Union Station structure restoration was completed in 2005.
Passenger rail service is provided thrice-weekly in each direction by the Sunset Limited.
[edit] References
- ^ A short history of our Maricopa station. Amtrak's Texas Eagle (URL accessed September 17, 2006).
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