Green River (Amtrak station)

Green River
Amtrak inter-city rail station

The train depot in Green River
Location 250 South Broadway
Green River, Utah 84525[1]
 United States
Coordinates 38°59′31.5″N 110°09′55″W / 38.992083°N 110.16528°WCoordinates: 38°59′31.5″N 110°09′55″W / 38.992083°N 110.16528°W
Owned by Union Pacific Railroad[2]
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking 20 long term spaces
5 short term spaces[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code GRI
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 2,770[3] Decrease 3.6%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Emeryville
California Zephyr
toward Chicago
Location
Location of the Green River Amtrak Station
Location of Green River Station within Utah

The Green River Station is a train station in Green River, Utah, United States that is served daily by Amtrak's (the national railroad passenger system) California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago, Illinois and Emeryville, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area).[Note 1] (The next westbound stop is in Helper, Utah and the next eastbound stop is in Grand Junction, Colorado.)

The station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and called the "Blake Station".[2] It is now owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.[2] and was not used by Amtrak until 1997.[Note 2] Prior to 1997, the Amtrak station for eastern Utah was the former Denver and Rio Grande depot in Thompson Springs. The station has a platform only with no passenger shelter. There are no services provided at the station (i.e., ticketing, restrooms, lounge, etc.).[2]

While both the Desert Wind (with service from Chicago to Los Angeles) and the Pioneer (with service from Chicago to Seattle) previously passed through the city of Green River, neither train stopped at the Green River Station since the station did not begin service until after both the Desert Wind and Pioneer trains were eliminated by Amtrak.

Notes

  1. ↑ As of 13 January 2014, the previous schedule continues with the westbound train (Route 5) scheduled to stop at 5:58 pm and the eastbound train (Route 6) scheduled to stop at 7:59 am.[4]
  2. ↑ Although some sources claim that the former station in Thompson Springs closed in 1994,[5] Amtrak's timetable shows that Thompson was still a flag stop on both the California Zephyr and Desert Wind in late 1996 (but does not include Green River).[6] However, by 1997 (after the Desert Wind was discontinued) the timetable shows the California Zephyr stopping at Green River (and no longer shows a stop at Thompson).[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Green River, UT (GRI)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 22 Aug 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Great American Stations: Green River, UT (GRI)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Utah" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. Nov 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "California Zephyr" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 13 Jan 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
  5. ↑ "UTAH LEGENDS: Thompson Springs - Dying in the Desert". Legends of America. Retrieved 29 Jul 2013. Though the railroad still runs through Thompson today, the final death knell occurred when Thompson’s flag stop station, which provided service for Amtrak travelers, was finally closed in 1994.
  6. ↑ "Amtrak National Timetable: Fall/Winter 1996/97". timetables.org. Amtrak. 10 Nov 1996. p. 38. Retrieved 21 Oct 2013.
  7. ↑ "Amtrak National Timetable: Spring/Summer 1997". timetables.org. Amtrak. 11 May 1997. p. 40. Retrieved 21 Oct 2013.
The former train depot in Thompson Springs
was last used in 1997.

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