Truckee, CA
The Truckee station building in 2010
General information
Location10065 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, California
Coordinates39°19′39″N 120°11′08″W / 39.3275°N 120.1855°W / 39.3275; -120.1855
Owned byUnion Pacific
Line(s)Union Pacific Roseville Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus transport Amtrak Thruway: 20A[1]
Bus transport TART
Bus transport Greyhound Lines
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: TRU
History
Opened1891
Original companyCentral Pacific Railroad
Passengers
FY 20229,997[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Colfax
toward Emeryville
 California Zephyr Reno
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Roseville
toward Oakland Pier
 Overland Route Reno
toward Ogden
Location
Map

Truckee station is an Amtrak train station in Truckee, California.

It is currently served by one daily passenger train in each direction, the California Zephyr. The westbound train arrives in the morning from Chicago and Denver heading for Sacramento and Emeryville with the eastbound train calling in mid-afternoon. Truckee is also served by Amtrak's Thruway Motorcoaches which run three round trips a day between Sparks and connect to trains at Sacramento.

History

The Central Pacific Railroad selected Truckee as the name of its railroad station by August 1867, even though the tracks would not reach the station until a year later in 1868.[3]

In FY2012 Truckee was the 61st-busiest of the 74 Amtrak stations in California, boarding or detraining an average of about 26 passengers daily.[4]

Bus service

The station is served by daily Greyhound buses,[5] and local Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit (TART).[6]

Platforms and tracks

1 ■ California Zephyr toward Emeryville (Colfax)
■ California Zephyr toward Chicago (Reno)
2–3 ■ Bypass/Freight line No passenger service

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 20a: Sacramento – Reno/Sparks, Nevada (Amtrak California)". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 570. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  5. ^ "Greyhound.com | Locations : States : California". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Media related to Truckee (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

Amtrak stations in California
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