Fraser – Winter Park (Amtrak station)

Not to be confused with Winter Park station.
Fraser – Winter Park
Amtrak inter-city rail station

Fraser – Winter Park Amtrak Station.
Location 205 Fraser Avenue
Fraser, Colorado 80442[1]
 United States
Coordinates 39°56′51″N 105°49′03″W / 39.9476°N 105.8175°WCoordinates: 39°56′51″N 105°49′03″W / 39.9476°N 105.8175°W
Owned by Ronald M. Anderson
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code WIP
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 6,911[2]Decrease 4.7%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Emeryville
California Zephyr
toward Chicago
  Former services  
toward Los Angeles
Desert Wind
Discontinued in 1997
toward Chicago
Pioneer
Before 1991 reroute
Location
Location of the Granby Amtrak Station
Location of Granby Station within Colorado

The Fraser–Winter Park Station is a train station in Fraser, Colorado, United States, that is served daily by Amtrak's (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area).[Note 1] (The next western stop is in Granby and the next eastern stop is in Denver.) The station house is unstaffed, except during the winter months. At 8,561 feet (2,609 m) above sea level, it is the highest Amtrak station in the United States.

Notes

  1. As of 13 January 2014, the previous schedule continues with the westbound train (Route 5) scheduled to stop at 10:07 am and the eastbound train (Route 6) scheduled to stop at 3:50 pm.[3]

References

  1. "Fraser, CO - Winter Park (WIP)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Colorado" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. Nov 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. "California Zephyr" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 13 Jan 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.

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