Yuma (Amtrak station)
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Yuma is served by Amtrak
at the platforms adjacent to the station building site, 281 South Gila Street in Yuma, Arizona
, United States. Passenger rail service is provided thrice-weekly in each direction by the Sunset Limited
, combined with the Texas Eagle
over this portion of its route. The platforms are accessible through a short pedestrian tunnel (marked "Subway").
Of the eight Arizona stations served by Amtrak, Yuma was the seventh busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 10 passengers daily.
The former structure, Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (Yuma, Arizona)
, was built in 1926 by the Southern Pacific Railroad
. After SP ceased passenger operations upon Amtrak's start in 1971, the station housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum. The depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
in 1976. The structure was devastated in a May 1993 fire and was razed in the summer of 1994.
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...
at the platforms adjacent to the station building site, 281 South Gila Street in Yuma, Arizona
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....
, United States. Passenger rail service is provided thrice-weekly in each direction by the Sunset Limited
Sunset Limited
The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California, and that from early 1993 through late August 2005 also ran east of New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida, making it during that time the only true transcontinental...
, combined with the Texas Eagle
Texas Eagle
The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles total, three days a week...
over this portion of its route. The platforms are accessible through a short pedestrian tunnel (marked "Subway").
Of the eight Arizona stations served by Amtrak, Yuma was the seventh busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 10 passengers daily.
The former structure, Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (Yuma, Arizona)
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (Yuma, Arizona)
The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Yuma, Arizona, was built as a Spanish Colonial Revival-style station by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1926....
, was built in 1926 by the 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....
. After SP ceased passenger operations upon Amtrak's start in 1971, the station housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum. The depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1976. The structure was devastated in a May 1993 fire and was razed in the summer of 1994.
Schedule
- Train 21/421 departs at 5:19 a.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Friday
- Train 22/422 departs at 8:24 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Friday
- Train 1 departs at 5:19 a.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Friday
- Train 2 departs at 8:24 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Friday