Turlock/Denair (Amtrak station)

Turlock/Denair
Location 3800 Santa Fe Avenue
Denair, CA 95316
United States
Coordinates 37°31′38″N 120°47′53″W / 37.5273°N 120.7981°W / 37.5273; -120.7981Coordinates: 37°31′38″N 120°47′53″W / 37.5273°N 120.7981°W / 37.5273; -120.7981
Owned by BNSF/Amtrak
Line(s) BNSF Stockton Subdivision[1]
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking Unattended lot
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code TRK
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 28,221[2] Increase 11.5%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
San Joaquin
toward Bakersfield
  Former services  
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Hughson
toward Oakland
Oakland – Barstow
toward Barstow
Location
Turlock/Denair
Location within California

Turlock/Denair is an unstaffed Amtrak station on the San Joaquin line. The station is located in Denair, California, United States, near the larger city of Turlock. Turlock/Denair station has one platform which serves two tracks. An unattended parking lot is available at the station for passengers.

The growth of Turlock and Denair was bolstered by rival railroads. Turlock was established by the Southern Pacific Railroad as it built through the area in the early 1870s. A few decades later, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway constructed a line roughly three miles to the east, and the town of Denair developed along the tracks. Amtrak chose to use the Santa Fe tracks when the San Joaquin service was established in 1974.[3]

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Turlock/Denair was the 45th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 60 passengers daily.[4]

Platforms and tracks

East track ■ San Joaquin toward Oakland or Sacramento (Modesto)
■ San Joaquin toward Bakersfield (Merced)
Center track ■ Freight line No passenger service
West track ■ Sliding track No passenger service

References

  1. ↑ BNSF Subdivision Map
  2. ↑ "2013 California Report" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed 2 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. External link in |publisher= (help)

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