Truckee (Amtrak station)

Truckee
Location 10065 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, CA 96161
Coordinates 39°19′39″N 120°11′08″W / 39.3275°N 120.1855°WCoordinates: 39°19′39″N 120°11′08″W / 39.3275°N 120.1855°W
Owned by Union Pacific
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 3
Connections Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach; 20a[1]
Other information
Station code TRU
History
Opened 1891
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 9,855[2] Increase 4.3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Emeryville
California Zephyr
toward Chicago
Location
Location of the Truckee Amtrak Station.
Location within California

The Truckee Amtrak station is a train station in Truckee, California, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

It is currently served by one daily passenger train in each direction, the California Zephyr. The westbound train arrives in the morning from Chicago and Denver heading for Sacramento and Emeryville with the eastbound train calling in mid-afternoon. Truckee is also served by Amtrak's "thruway motorcoaches" which run three round trips a day between Sparks and connect to trains at Sacramento.

In FY2012 Truckee was the 61st-busiest of the 74 Amtrak stations in California, boarding or detraining an average of about 26 passengers daily.[3]

Bus service

The station is served by daily Greyhound buses,[4] local Tahoe Area Regional Transit (TART),[5] and the local Truckee Transit[6] bus system.

Platforms and tracks

1 ■California Zephyr toward Emeryville (Colfax)
■California Zephyr toward Chicago (Reno)
2-3 ■Bypass/Freight line No passenger service

References

  1. ↑ Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 20a: Sacramento - Reno/Sparks, Nevada (Amtrak California)
  2. ↑ "2013 California Report" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  4. ↑ http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/locations.aspx?state=ca
  5. ↑ http://www.placer.ca.gov/~/media/dpw/tart/images/TARTRouteMap121112.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.townoftruckee.com/index.aspx?page=53

External links