Glenwood Springs station

Glenwood Springs
Location 413 7th Street
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601[1]
United States
Coordinates 39°32′53″N 107°19′23″W / 39.54806°N 107.32306°W / 39.54806; -107.32306Coordinates: 39°32′53″N 107°19′23″W / 39.54806°N 107.32306°W / 39.54806; -107.32306
Owned by Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Romanesque Revival depot[2]
Parking Long and short term[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code GSC
History
Opened 1904
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 39,713[3] Increase 15.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Emeryville
California Zephyr
toward Chicago
  Former services  
toward Los Angeles
Desert Wind
Discontinued in 1997
toward Chicago
Pioneer
Before 1991 reroute
Location
Glenwood Springs
Location within Colorado

The Glenwood Springs station is a railway station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.[4]

The Glenwood Springs station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) in 1904, and sits close to the southern bank of the Colorado River. The station is composed of brick and Frying Pan River red sandstone, while the roof line is done in a jerkinhead, or Half-hip roof style. The entrance is flanked by medieval-inspired brick towers with pyramidal roofs.[2] The Glenwood Railroad Museum occupies the former Ladies’ Waiting Room.[2]

The station also serves as one of two Greyhound bus stops in Glenwood Springs. However, The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority city bus does not stop here.[5]

On June 7, 1977 Amtrak introduced the Pioneer, with service between Chicago and Seattle. On October 28, 1979, Amtrak initiated the Desert Wind service between Chicago and Los Angeles. Both trains serviced Glenwood Springs. In 1991, the Pioneer was rerouted through Wyoming, and no longer stopped in Glenwood Springs. Both the Desert Wind and the Pioneer were discontinued on May 10, 1997. The California Zephyr entered service on April 24, 1983, and services Glenwood Springs to this day.

According to the Amtrak Fact Sheet (Colorado), Fiscal Year 2015, Glenwood Springs was the second busiest of the nine Colorado stations served by Amtrak.[3]

The station and the town feature in an episode of the BBC television series Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Glenwood Springs, CO (GSC)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Great American Stations: Glenwood Springs, CO (GSC)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Colorado" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. Nov 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "California Zephyr Schedule" (PDF). Amtrak.com. National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Glenwood Springs Route Map" (PDF). Roaring Fork Transportation Authority. RFTA. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Palin's Travels". Retrieved 29 Sep 2014.

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