Fraser-Winter Park (Amtrak station)
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Fraser – Winter Park is a train station
in Fraser, Colorado
. It is served by Amtrak
's California Zephyr
train. The station house is unstaffed, except during the winter months. At 8561 feet (2,609.4 m) above sea level, it is the highest Amtrak station in the United States.
Of the nine Colorado stations served by Amtrak, Fraser – Winter Park was the fourth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 22 passengers daily.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in Fraser, Colorado
Fraser, Colorado
Fraser is a Statutory Town in Grand County, Colorado, United States. The population was 910 at the 2000 census. The town is in Middle Park in the valley of the Fraser River along U.S. Highway 40...
. It is served by Amtrak
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 California Zephyr
California Zephyr
The California Zephyr is a long passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the midwestern and western United States.It runs from Chicago, Illinois, in the east to Emeryville, California, in the west, passing through the states of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California...
train. The station house is unstaffed, except during the winter months. At 8561 feet (2,609.4 m) above sea level, it is the highest Amtrak station in the United States.
Of the nine Colorado stations served by Amtrak, Fraser – Winter Park was the fourth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 22 passengers daily.