Rocklin station

Train station in Rocklin, California, United States

38°47′28″N 121°14′15″W / 38.7911°N 121.2374°W / 38.7911; -121.2374Owned byCity of Rocklin / Union PacificLine(s)UP Roseville Subdivision^[1]Platforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections

Amtrak Thruway: 20^[2]ConstructionParkingYesAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: RLNHistoryRebuilt2006PassengersFY 20225,031^[3] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Roseville toward San Jose		Capitol Corridor		Auburn Terminus
California Zephyr does not stop here

Location

Rocklin station is an Amtrak California train station in Rocklin, California, United States.

History

The city and the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency funded the design and construction of the current $1.25 million depot, which opened in July 2006.^[4] Designed by Studio SMS of nearby Roseville and inspired by historic 19th and early 20th century stations, the depot is dominated by a clock tower. The building is finished in a random ashlar stone veneer in varying shades of grey and beige and stucco with complementary brown tones.^[4]

In 2019 Rocklin was the 52nd-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 47 passengers daily.^[3]

Design

The depot has a waiting room for rail and bus passengers, and there are also offices for the Rocklin Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a room reserved for community meetings.^[4]

Rocklin station has moveable platforms to accommodate Union Pacific's rotary snowplows, which require clearance of 8 in (20 cm) above the rail.^[5]

Platforms and tracks

Westbound	■ Capitol Corridor	toward San Jose (Roseville)
Westbound	■ California Zephyr	No stops
Eastbound	■ Capitol Corridor	toward Auburn (Terminus)
Eastbound	■ California Zephyr	No stops

References

^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
^ "Capitol Corridor" (PDF). Amtrak. June 17, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rocklin, CA (RLN)". Great American Stations (Amtrak). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
^ Glischinski, Steve (December 2010), "Where the Rotaries Roll On", Trains Magazine, vol. 70, no. 12, p. 24, ISSN 0041-0934, When the rotaries move out of Roseville, workers have to pull up crossings, and remove the Amtrak station platforms at Rocklin and Colfax to accommodate the plows. The platforms were designed to be portable because of this.