Truckee station

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

Truckee, CA
The Truckee station building in 2010
General information
Location	10065 Donner Pass Road Truckee, California
Coordinates	39.3275°N 120.1855°W / 39.3275; -120.1855
Owned by	Union Pacific
Line(s)	Union Pacific Roseville Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Amtrak Thruway: 20A[1] TART Greyhound Lines
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: TRU
History
Opened	1891
Original company	Central Pacific Railroad
Passengers
FY 2023	15,588[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

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]

As of 2024^[update], Amtrak plans to reconstruct the platform for accessibility in FY 2024 to FY 2026.^[5]

Bus service

The station is served by daily Greyhound buses,^[6] and local Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit (TART).^[7]

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 2023: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
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. "Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2023 State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. p. 8.
6. "Greyhound.com | Locations : States : California". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
7. "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

• Truckee, CA – Amtrak
• Truckee, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Truckee Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide – TrainWeb)