Needles (Amtrak station)
Needles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 El Garces, the original Needles Station and Hotel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |
900 Front Street Needles, CA 92363 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°50′24″N 114°36′16″W / 34.8400°N 114.6045°WCoordinates: 34°50′24″N 114°36′16″W / 34.8400°N 114.6045°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | NDL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2013) |
8,640[1]  5.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Location within California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Needles Amtrak station is a train station in Needles, California, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station consists of a covered platform located at a BNSF Railway yard.[2]
El Garces Hotel
The Needles Train Station is near the historic El Garces Hotel,[3] built by the Santa Fe Railroad in 1908 for the Fred Harvey Company.[2] It is located near the original station, which closed in 1958 and underwent extensive restoration.[2] The name El Garces was chosen to honor Father Francisco Garces, a missionary who arrived in the area in 1776.[4]
El Garces reopened in 2014 as an intermodal transportation facility, but without the proposed on-site Needles Chamber of Commerce office, and without the original hotel and restaurant.[5][6]
Platforms and tracks
| 1-3 | ■Southwest Chief | toward Los Angeles (Barstow) |
| ■Southwest Chief | toward Chicago (Kingman) |
References
- ↑ "2013 California Report" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Needles, CA (NDL)". Great American Stations (Amtrak). Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ↑ El Garces Hotel (Official Website)
- ↑ "Needles - Gateway To The Colorado River". Legends of America. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ↑ http://www.thedesertstar.com/articles/2014/02/05/news/local/news993.txt[]
- ↑ http://route66news.com/2014/02/15/el-garces-may-reopen-soon-march-train-depot/
External links
- Amtrak – Stations – Needles, CA
- Needles Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Needles (NDL)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)