Madera (Amtrak station)

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Madera
Station statistics
Address 18770 Road 26
Madera, CA 93638
Coordinates 37°1′22.25″N 120°4′27.98″W / 37.0228472°N 120.0744389°W / 37.0228472; -120.0744389Coordinates: 37°1′22.25″N 120°4′27.98″W / 37.0228472°N 120.0744389°W / 37.0228472; -120.0744389
Line(s)
  San Joaquin
Structure type at-grade
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Parking Unattended lot
Baggage check no
Other information
Accessible
Station code MDR
Traffic
Passengers (2010)20,031[1] Increase 17%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Oakland or Sacramento
 San Joaquin
toward Bakersfield
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Kismet
toward Oakland
 Oakland – Barstow
Trigo
toward Barstow
Location
Location of the Madera Amtrak Station.
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] The $2 million station project, which included a new platform, shelter, lighting, access road and landscaping, involved the city of Madera, Amtrak, BNSF Railway and Caltrans. Funding came from Madera County’s “Measure T,” a ½ cent transportation improvement sales tax, the state of California and the California Transportation Commission.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ↑ "Meeting Agenda". San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee. Retrieved 26 October 2010. 
  3. ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed February 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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