Modesto station

Modesto
Location 1700 Held Drive
Modesto, CA 95355
United States
Coordinates 37°40′09″N 120°54′54″W / 37.6690288°N 120.9149256°W / 37.6690288; -120.9149256Coordinates: 37°40′09″N 120°54′54″W / 37.6690288°N 120.9149256°W / 37.6690288; -120.9149256
Owned by City of Modesto
Line(s) BNSF Stockton Subdivision[1]
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking Free lot
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code MOD
History
Opened 1999
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 121,389[2]Decrease 1.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
San Joaquin
toward Bakersfield
toward Sacramento
Location
Modesto
Location within California

Modesto station is a staffed Amtrak station in Modesto, California. It serves the on the San Joaquin line. Designed by Pacific Design Associates of Modesto and VBN Architects of Oakland, the $2.4 million depot was built on four acres of former dairy pastureland.[3] The station has one platform which serves a single track. A free unattended parking lot is available, as well as local bus service provided by Modesto Area Express.

Before November 1999, trains stopped instead in Riverbank, about 4 miles north.[4]

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Modesto was the 27th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 270 passengers daily.[5]

Facilities

There is one bathroom with three vending machines. There is also a check-in desk and an automated check-in machine. Outside there is a side platform.

Platforms and tracks

Main track  San Joaquin toward Oakland – Jack London Square (Stockton–San Joaquin Street)
 San Joaquin toward Sacramento (Stockton–Downtown)
 San Joaquin toward Bakersfield (Turlock/Denair)

Transit connections

Although none of the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach services reach the station the town's local bus, Modesto Area Express route 25 serves the station.

References

  1. BNSF Subdivision Map
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. Great American Stations. Accessed February 13, 2013.
  4. http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/modesto.htm
  5. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. External link in |publisher= (help)

External links

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