Modesto, CA
Modesto station in May 2022
General information
Location1700 Held Drive
Modesto, California
United States
Coordinates37°40′09″N 120°54′54″W / 37.6690288°N 120.9149256°W / 37.6690288; -120.9149256
Owned byCity of Modesto
Line(s)BNSF Stockton Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus transport StanRTA: 25
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeAmtrak: MOD
History
OpenedNovember 12, 1999[2]
Passengers
FY 202276,286[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Stockton–San Joaquin Street
toward Oakland–Jack London Square
 San Joaquins Turlock–Denair
toward Bakersfield
Stockton–Downtown
toward Sacramento
Location

Modesto station is a staffed Amtrak station in Modesto, California. It serves the on the San Joaquin line. Designed by Pacific Design Associates of Modesto and VBN Architects of Oakland, the $2.4 million depot was built on four acres of former dairy pastureland.[4] The station has one platform which serves a single track.

Before November 12, 1999, trains stopped instead in Riverbank, about 4 miles north.[2][5] In the past trains also stopped at the Modesto Transportation Center, which was built by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in 1915, and in the future rail service will move there again when the Altamont Corridor Express begins service to Modesto.[6]

Modesto is the point where the San Joaquin splits, with trains bound for the Bay Area continuing to Stockton's San Joaquin Street station and trains heading to Sacramento continuing to Stockton–Downtown station.

Station photos

References

  1. ↑ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 10.
  2. 1 2 Elliott, Steve (November 12, 1999). "Amtrak Finally Pulls Into Modesto Station". The Modesto Bee. pp. A1, A2. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed February 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Amtrak – Modesto, CA (MOD)".
  6. ↑ Holland, John (10 Dec 2021). "CA: Contractor will revamp Modesto's old train depot for ACE. Will housing follow nearby?". www.masstransitmag.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12.

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