Grand Junction station

The 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]

Grand Junction, CO
Amtrak inter-city rail station
The current station at Grand Junction
Location	339 South 1st Street Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, U.S.[1]
Coordinates	39.0646°N 108.5705°W / 39.0646; -108.5705
Owned by	Union Pacific Railroad & Pufferbelly, Inc[2]
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Grand Valley Transit: Route 11
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	5 short term spaces[1]
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GJT
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	32,540[3]  5.32%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Green River toward Emeryville California Zephyr Glenwood Springs toward Chicago Thompson Closed in 1997 toward Emeryville Former services Thompson toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Glenwood Springs toward Chicago 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
Location
Location of Grand Junction Station within Colorado

Until 1992 Amtrak used the ex-Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) station, constructed in 1906, located next door to the current building.[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.

Of the nine Colorado stations served by Amtrak, Grand Junction was the third-busiest in FY2016.[3]

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]

References

1. "Grand Junction, CO (GJT)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
2. "Great American Stations: Grand Junction, CO (GJT)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Colorado" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
4. "California Zephyr" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 13 Jan 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.

External links

• Media related to Grand Junction (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Grand Junction, CO – Amtrak
• Grand Junction (GJT): Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Grand Junction Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)