Madera (Amtrak station)

Madera
Station statistics
Address 18770 Road 26
Madera, CA 93638
Lines
  San Joaquin
Structure at-grade
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Parking Unattended lot
Baggage check no
Other information
Accessible
Code MDR
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 20,031[1]  17%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
San Joaquin
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kismet
toward Oakland
 Oakland – Barstow
Trigo
toward Barstow
Location
Location within California

Madera is an unstaffed station on the Amtrak San Joaquin line in Madera, California. The station has one platform which serves a single track. An unattended parking lot is available at the station, but long-term parking is discouraged.

In August 2010, ground was broken on a new station located approximately 3 miles north of the City of Madera. Grand opening of the new Amtrak station took place on November 4, 2010.[2]

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Madera was the 49th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 55 passengers daily.[3]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/CALIFORNIA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ "Meeting Agenda". San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee. http://149.136.20.80/rail/dor/assets/File/SJVRC_11-4-10_Agenda_Final.nol.pdf. Retrieved 26 October 2010. 
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/CALIFORNIA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06.