Modesto (Amtrak station)

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Modesto
Station statistics
Address 1700 Held Drive
Modesto, CA 95355
Coordinates 37°40′06″N 120°54′42″W / 37.668204°N 120.911607°W / 37.668204; -120.911607Coordinates: 37°40′06″N 120°54′42″W / 37.668204°N 120.911607°W / 37.668204; -120.911607
Line(s)
  San Joaquin
Structure type at-grade
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Parking Free lot
Baggage check yes
Other information
Opened 1999
Accessible
Station code MOD
Owned by City of Modesto
Traffic
Passengers (2011)104,647[1] Increase 8.26%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Oakland-Jack London Square
 San Joaquin
toward Bakersfield
toward Sacramento
Location
Location of the Modesto Amtrak Station.
Location within California

Modesto is a staffed Amtrak station on the San Joaquin line. It is located on the eastern edge of Modesto, California. Designed by Pacific Design Associates of Modesto and VBN Architects of Oakland, the $2.4 million depot was built on four acres of former dairy pastureland.[2] The station has one platform which serves a single track. A free unattended parking lot is available, as well as local bus service provided by Modesto Area Express.

Before November 1999, trains stopped instead in Riverbank, about 4 miles north .

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Modesto was the 27th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 270 passengers daily.[3]

Facilities

There is one bathroom with three vending machines.There is also a check-in desk and an automated check-in machine.Outside there is a side platform.

Transit Connections

Although none of the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach services reach the station the town's local bus, Modesto Area Express route 25 serves the station.

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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