Yuma (Amtrak station)

Yuma
Location 281 South Gila Street
Yuma, AZ 85364
Coordinates 32°43′23″N 114°36′58″W / 32.72301°N 114.61608°WCoordinates: 32°43′23″N 114°36′58″W / 32.72301°N 114.61608°W
Owned by Union Pacific Railroad
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code YUM
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 3,891[1] Decrease 3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited
toward New Orleans
Texas Eagle
toward Chicago

Yuma is served by Amtrak at the platforms adjacent to the station building site, 281 South Gila Street in Yuma, Arizona, United States. Passenger rail service is provided thrice-weekly in each direction by the Sunset Limited, combined with the Texas Eagle over this portion of its route. The platforms are accessible through a short pedestrian tunnel (marked "Subway").

The former structure, Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (Yuma, Arizona), was built in 1926 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. After SP ceased passenger operations upon Amtrak's start in 1971, the station housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum. The depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The structure was devastated in a May 1993 fire and was razed in the summer of 1994.[2]

Schedule[3]

Train 1 is the Sunset Limited that runs from New Orleans, LA to Los Angeles, CA. Train 421 identifies through coaches and sleepers detached from Train 21, the Texas Eagle which originates in Chicago, IL, and attached to the Sunset Limited in San Antonio, TX.

Train 2 operates from Los Angeles to New Orleans, with coaches and sleepers designated as Train 422 detached in San Antonio and connected with the Chicago-bound Train 22.

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Arizona" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Wullenjohn, Chuck (December 12, 1994). "Yuma Needs a Proper Depot". Blog Archive. Arizona Rail Passenger Association. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ Sunset Limited Schedule effective March 10, 2013 (Retrieved September 3, 2013)

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