Grand Junction station

Grand Junction station is a train station in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, that is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.^{[Note 1]}

The station interior in June 2021

Grand Junction, CO
The current station at Grand Junction
General information
Location	339 South 1st Street Grand Junction, Colorado[1] United States
Coordinates	39.0646°N 108.5705°W / 39.0646; -108.5705
Owned by	Union Pacific Railroad & Pufferbelly, Inc.[2]
Line(s)	Glenwood Springs Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Grand Valley Transit: 11
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	5 short term spaces[1]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: GJT
Passengers
FY 2024	26,936[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Green River toward Emeryville California Zephyr Glenwood Springs toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Thompson (closed 1997) toward Emeryville California Zephyr Glenwood Springs toward Chicago Thompson toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Thompson toward Seattle Pioneer Before 1991 reroute Preceding station Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Following station Fruita toward Ogden Moffat Tunnel Route Palisade toward Denver Royal Gorge Route Thompson Springs toward Oakland California Zephyr Glenwood Springs toward Chicago
Location

The station is adjacent to the original Denver and Rio Grande Depot. The original depot was built in 1906 and replaced by the current adjacent structure in 1992.^[2] The current station building was built in the late 1970s and originally used as a restaurant.

Beginning in 1983, both the Desert Wind (with service from Chicago to Los Angeles) and the Pioneer (with service from Chicago to Seattle) stopped at the Grand Junction Station. Service by the Pioneer was dropped when that train was rerouted through Wyoming in 1991 (the train was later discontinued altogether in 1997). Service by the Desert Wind ended when Amtrak discontinued that train in 1997 (at the same time as the Pioneer was discontinued). Also in 1997, the Green River Station (in Utah) station replaced the former station in Thompson Springs, Utah, as the next station to the west.

Notes

1. As of 13 January 2014, the previous schedule continues with the westbound train (Route 5) scheduled to stop at 4:10 pm and the eastbound train (Route 6) scheduled to stop at 10:23 am.^[4]