Needles (Amtrak station)

Needles

The original Needles Station and El Garces Hotel.
Station statistics
Address 900 Front Street
Needles, CA 92363
Lines
  Southwest Chief
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened 1908
Code NDL
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 8,840[1]  6.8%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Southwest Chief
toward Chicago
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Goffs
 Main Line
Topock
Main Line
Major stations
Location
Location within California

The Needles Amtrak station is a train station in Needles, California, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station consists of a covered platform located at a BNSF Railway yard.[2]

The El Garces Hotel

Still prominent near the Needles Train Station is the historic El Garces Hotel,[3] built by the Santa Fe Railroad in 1908 for the Fred Harvey Company.[2] It is located near the original station, which was closed in 1958 but is currently undergoing restoration.[2] The name El Garces was chosen to honor Father Francisco Garces, a missionary who arrived in the area in 1776.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Needles, CA (NDL)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/NDL. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Needles, CA (NDL)". Great American Stations (Amtrak). http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/NDL/Station_view. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 
  3. ^ El Garces Hotel (Official Website)
  4. ^ "Needles - Gateway To The Colorado River". Legends of America. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-needles.html. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 

External links