Merced (Amtrak station)

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Merced Station

The station building at Merced
Station statistics
Address 324 West 24th St
Merced, CA 95340
Coordinates 37°18′26″N 120°28′36″W / 37.3073°N 120.4768°W / 37.3073; -120.4768Coordinates: 37°18′26″N 120°28′36″W / 37.3073°N 120.4768°W / 37.3073; -120.4768
Line(s)
  San Joaquin
Structure type at-grade
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Parking Free
Baggage check yes
Other information
Opened 1917
Rebuilt 2000
Accessible
Station code MCD
Owned by State of California
Traffic
Passengers (2011)114,401[1] Increase 10.53%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Oakland or Sacramento
 San Joaquin
toward Bakersfield
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
toward Oakland
 Oakland – Barstow
Planada
toward Barstow
Location
Location of the Merced Amtrak Station.
Location within California

The Merced Amtrak Station in Merced, California, is served by the San Joaquin line and is served by twelve trains daily. The design of Merced Station was inspired by the former Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad station that was torn down at the end of the 20th Century.[2]

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Merced was the 25th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 280 passengers daily.[3]

Facilities

Inside the station there is a baggage check and an automatic check-in device along with two other vending machines.There is also one bathroom.

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-20. 
  2. ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed February 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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