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Truckee station

Amtrak train station in Truckee, California

39°19′39″N 120°11′08″W / 39.3275°N 120.1855°W / 39.3275; -120.1855Owned byUnion PacificLine(s)Union Pacific Roseville SubdivisionPlatforms1 side platformTracks3Connections

Amtrak Thruway: 20A^[1]

TART

Greyhound LinesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: TRUHistoryOpened1891Original companyCentral Pacific RailroadPassengersFY 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

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

References

^ "Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 20a: Sacramento – Reno/Sparks, Nevada (Amtrak California)". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ 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.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
^ "Greyhound.com | Locations : States : California". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
^ "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)