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Metrolink #887 waits at the station's south platform. |
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| Address | 4066 Vine Street Riverside, CA 92507 |
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| Lines | Amtrak: Metrolink: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Riverside Transit Agency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 710 free spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | RIV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Riverside County Transportation Commission, BNSF Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 11,679[1] 8.1% (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Riverside or Riverside-Downtown is a train station in Riverside, California, United States that opened in 1993. It is served by one Amtrak intercity rail line and three Metrolink commuter rail lines, as well as Riverside Transit Agency buses and Amtrak Thruway coach service. The station is referred to as "Riverside" by Amtrak and as "Riverside-Downtown" by Metrolink.
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The current station opened on June 14, 1993, returning rail service to Riverside following the closure of the Santa Fe depot in 1984. The original depot, built in 1927, still stands a few blocks north of the current station.[2] The Southwest Chief added a stop in Riverside in April 2002, after 18 years of not stopping at Riverside.[3]
The Southwest Chief provides one train per day in each direction through the station, one to Los Angeles and one to Chicago, which boards from the station's South platform. In conjunction with the California Department of Transportation, Amtrak California also provides Thruway Motorcoach service to Bakersfield, with connections to the San Joaquins for the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento.
The station is a hub for Metrolink commuter rail, with three lines serving the station on weekdays, and two on weekends. (The San Bernardino line provides limited service to Riverside on weekends, along with the IE-OC line.) Trains traveling to and from Orange County board from the South platform, which is accessible via a bridge over the tracks. All weekend trains board on the South platform, across the bridge.
Neither Metrolink nor Amtrak agents are on site. Tickets for Metrolink may be purchased from the ticket vending machines located on all platforms. All Amtrak services require advanced reservations, but tickets can be picked up from Metrolink's ticket machines once reservations have been made either online or via telephone.
The Riverside Transit Agency provides free connecting transit service to Metrolink (but not Amtrak) passengers at the station on routes 1 and 16. The station is also a key link in the agency's CommuterLink express bus system, with routes 208, 210, and 212 providing connections to Temecula, Banning and Hemet respectively. These routes are also free with a valid Metrolink ticket or pass.
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