Burlington, Iowa (Amtrak station)

Burlington

The California Zephyr at Burlington in 1995.
Station statistics
Address 300 South Main Street
Burlington, IA 52601
Lines
  California Zephyr
Connections Burlington Urban Service (B.U.S.)
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened 1947
Code BRL
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 8,744[1]  17%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Emeryville
 California Zephyr
toward Chicago
    Former services    
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
West Burlington
toward Denver
 Main Line
Gladstone

The Burlington Amtrak station is a train station in Burlington, Iowa, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station is located at 300 South Main Street. The station is open 24 hours a day, however there is no Amtrak personnel at the station at any time. This means there are no ticket windows or QuikTrak kiosks and therefore tickets must be purchased in advance or on the train from a conductor.

The station acts as transfer hub for Burlington Urban Service (B.U.S.), a local municipal bus system. Riders can transfer to every bus route in the system.[2]

Of the six Iowa stations served by Amtrak, Burlington was the fourth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 24 passengers daily.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Iowa" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/IOWA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ http://www.burlingtoniowa.org/publicworks/bus.html
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Iowa" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/IOWA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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