Indio station

Indio is a former and future train station in Indio, California.

Indio
The Southern Pacific station building, March 1983
Location45-050 Jackson Street[1]
Indio, California 92202
Coordinates33.721023°N 116.215774°W / 33.721023; -116.215774
Bus operatorsGreyhound Lines
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
History
Closed1998
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Palm Springs
toward Los Angeles
 Sunset Limited Yuma
toward Orlando
Texas Eagle Yuma
toward Chicago
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Palm Springs
toward Los Angeles
 Sunset Route Coachellato
toward New Orleans
Location

Rail service began in 1876 by the Southern Pacific. The station was a stop on the transcontinental Sunset Limited;[2] that service was commuted to Amtrak in 1971. The Eagle (later Texas Eagle) started serving the city with that line's commencement.[3][4][5][6] Indio continued to see service until October 1998, closing due to low ridership.[1][7][8][9] On the south side of the tracks is the Indio Bus Station, served by Greyhound Lines[10] and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach.

The Riverside County Transportation Commission was awarded $8.6 million in 2019 to construct a temporary platform to reestablish limited service to the city during major festivals,[11][12][13] but these plans were canceled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic after arrangements with Union Pacific could not be resolved.[14] The commission is also investigating the possibility of reinstating normal passenger service from Los Angeles to Indio along the Coachella Valley–San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor.[10][15]

References
  1. Amtrak National Timetable. Amtrak. May 17, 1998. p. 44 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
  2. Passenger Train Schedules (PDF). Southern Pacific. June 3, 1966 – via Streamliner Memories.
  3. "Amtrak To Eliminate Unprofitable Routes". Toledo Blade. August 26, 1981. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  4. Amtrak (October 25, 1981). "National Train Timetables". Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  5. Versaggi, Joe M. (January 17, 1982). "No headline". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  6. Amtrak (April 25, 1982). "National Train Timetables". Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  7. Amtrak National Timetable. Amtrak. October 25, 1998. p. 44 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
  8. "Predicting Amtrak's Return to Indio". Claremont McKenna College. Lowe Institute. November 26, 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. "Group Puts Study on Track for LA Passenger Service". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. December 15, 1998. pp. 1, 10. Retrieved November 22, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Newell, Shane (5 February 2020). "Indio approves transportation center feasibility study, hoping to qualify for funding". USA Today. Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  11. "Coachella train: Amtrak service from DTLA to festival could be ready by 2020". American Broadcasting Corporation. KABC. March 9, 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  12. "New Train Stop Coming to Indio". City of Indio. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  13. Scharkey, Kristin (January 17, 2020). "Hoping to take a train to Coachella? Too bad, it's not happening this year". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  14. Atagi, Colin (13 July 2020). "Plans derailed for April train to Coachella, Stagecoach music festivals". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  15. "Coachella Valley San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Study Tier 2 Environmental Impact Report and Conceptual Engineering Development Report" (PDF). Riverside County Transportation Commission. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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