Winnemucca (Amtrak station)

Winnemucca
Amtrak inter-city rail station

The former passenger shelter at Winnemucca Station
Location 209 Railroad Street
Winnemucca, Nevada 89445[1]
United States
Coordinates 40°58′10″N 117°43′53″W / 40.96944°N 117.73139°W / 40.96944; -117.73139Coordinates: 40°58′10″N 117°43′53″W / 40.96944°N 117.73139°W / 40.96944; -117.73139
Owned by Union Pacific Railroad[2]
Line(s)
  California Zephyr
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking 4 long term spaces[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code WNN
History
Rebuilt 2012
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 4,481[3] Increase 5.7%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Emeryville
California Zephyr
toward Chicago
closed in 2009
toward Emeryville
Location
Location of the Winnemucca Station
Location of Winnemucca Station within Nevada

Winnemucca Station is a train station in Winnemucca, Nevada, 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 western stop is in Reno, Nevada and the next eastern stop is in Elko, Nevada. The former next western stop was Sparks Station in Sparks, Nevada, but that station was permanently closed in 2009.)

Winnemuca Station was originally a stop on the Southern Pacific Railway's Transcontinental Railroad, however after passenger service was acquired by Amtrak in 1971, the station became little more than a bus shelter along the platform. The former SP freight house was neglected and torn down sometime in the early 21st Century. The previous bus shelter, which was installed in 1993, was replaced with a new ADA compliant station in early 2012 at a cost of 1.26 million dollars. The station is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. There are no services provided at the station (i.e., ticketing, restrooms, lounge, etc.).[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ As of 13 January 2014, the previous schedule continues with the westbound train (Route 5) scheduled to stop at 5:40 am and the eastbound train (Route 6) scheduled to stop at 7:08 pm.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Winnemucca, NV (WNN)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 22 Aug 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Great American Stations: Winnemucca, NV (WNN)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 3 Jan 2014.
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Nevada" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. Nov 2013. Retrieved 3 Dec 2013.
  4. ↑ "California Zephyr" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 13 Jan 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 3 Jan 2014.
The California Zephyr at Winnemucca Station

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