Indio station explained

Style:Amtrak
Style2:Amtrak old
Indio, CA
Address:45-050 Jackson Street
Indio, California 92202
Coordinates:33.721°N -116.2158°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Opened:May 29, 1876
Closed:October 1998
Bus Operators:Greyhound Lines
Other Services Header:Former services

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

Rail service began on May 29, 1876, by the Southern Pacific.[1] 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.[7] [8] [9] [10] On the south side of the tracks is the Indio Bus Station, served by Greyhound Lines.[11]

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,[12] [13] [14] but these plans were canceled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic after arrangements with Union Pacific could not be resolved.[15] 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.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Goolsby . Denise . Southern Pacific Railroad made path through the wild . 9 August 2021 . . August 23, 2014.
  2. Book: Passenger Train Schedules . June 3, 1966 . Southern Pacific . Streamliner Memories.
  3. News: Amtrak To Eliminate Unprofitable Routes . August 26, 1981 . 2010-08-06 . Toledo Blade.
  4. Web site: National Train Timetables . Amtrak . October 25, 1981 . 2010-08-08.
  5. News: No headline . Versaggi . Joe M. . January 17, 1982 . 2010-08-08 . New York Times.
  6. Web site: National Train Timetables . Amtrak . April 25, 1982 . 2010-08-08.
  7. Book: Amtrak National Timetable . May 17, 1998 . Amtrak . 44 . The Museum of Railway Timetables.
  8. Book: Amtrak National Timetable . October 25, 1998 . Amtrak . 44 . The Museum of Railway Timetables.
  9. News: Predicting Amtrak's Return to Indio . 6 June 2020 . Lowe Institute . . November 26, 2019.
  10. News: Group Puts Study on Track for LA Passenger Service . November 22, 2018 . The Desert Sun . December 15, 1998 . . 1, 10. Newspapers.com.
  11. News: Newell . Shane . Indio approves transportation center feasibility study, hoping to qualify for funding . 6 June 2020 . Palm Springs Desert Sun . USA Today . 5 February 2020.
  12. News: Coachella train: Amtrak service from DTLA to festival could be ready by 2020 . 6 June 2020 . KABC . . March 9, 2019.
  13. Web site: New Train Stop Coming to Indio . City of Indio . 6 June 2020 . June 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200606033613/https://www.indio.org/news/displaynews.htm?NewsID=652&TargetID=48,49,1 . dead .
  14. News: Scharkey . Kristin . Hoping to take a train to Coachella? Too bad, it's not happening this year . 8 June 2020 . Palm Springs Desert Sun . January 17, 2020.
  15. News: Atagi . Colin . Plans derailed for April train to Coachella, Stagecoach music festivals . 15 July 2020 . Palm Springs Desert Sun . 13 July 2020.
  16. Web site: Coachella Valley San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Study Tier 2 Environmental Impact Report and Conceptual Engineering Development Report . Riverside County Transportation Commission . 6 June 2020.

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