Colfax (Amtrak station)
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Amtrak
's Colfax Station is in Colfax, California
. It is unstaffed. The station was built in 1905 by Southern Pacific Railroad
and was restored in the early 21st Century. The platforms are movable to accommodate Union Pacific rotary snowplow
s, which are liable to scrape a platform 8 inches above top of rail.
In FY2010 Colfax was the 69th-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 12 passengers daily.
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
's Colfax Station is in Colfax, California
Colfax, California
Colfax is a city in Placer County, California, at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,963 at the 2010 census...
. It is unstaffed. The station was built in 1905 by Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
and was restored in the early 21st Century. The platforms are movable to accommodate Union Pacific rotary snowplow
Rotary snowplow
A rotary snowplow is a piece of railroad snowfighting equipment. It is characterized by the large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate as a unit to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it.-History:...
s, which are liable to scrape a platform 8 inches above top of rail.
In FY2010 Colfax was the 69th-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 12 passengers daily.