Indio station

Train station in Indio, California, United States

Indio, CA

The Southern Pacific station building, March 1983

General information
Location| 45-050 Jackson Street[1]
Indio, California 92202
Coordinates| 33°43′16″N 116°12′57″W﻿ / ﻿33.721023°N 116.215774°W﻿ / 33.721023; -116.215774
Bus operators| Greyhound Lines
History
Opened| May 29, 1876
Closed| October 1998
Former services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
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Palm Springs

toward Los Angeles

|  | Sunset Limited |  | Yuma

toward Orlando

| Texas Eagle |  | Yuma

toward Chicago

Preceding station  | Southern Pacific Railroad | Following station
Palm Springs

toward Los Angeles

|  | Sunset Route |  | Coachella

toward New Orleans

Location

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

Rail service began on May 29, 1876, by the Southern Pacific.[2] The station was a stop on the transcontinental Sunset Limited;[3] that service was commuted to Amtrak in 1971. The Eagle (later Texas Eagle) started serving the city with that line's commencement.[4][5][6][7] Indio continued to see service until October 1998, closing due to low ridership.[1][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.[11][16]

## References

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1. ^ a b Amtrak National Timetable. Amtrak. May 17, 1998. p. 44 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
2. ^ Goolsby, Denise (August 23, 2014). "Southern Pacific Railroad made path through the wild". The Desert Sun. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
3. ^ Passenger Train Schedules (PDF). Southern Pacific. June 3, 1966 – via Streamliner Memories.
4. ^ "Amtrak To Eliminate Unprofitable Routes". Toledo Blade. August 26, 1981. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
5. ^ Amtrak (October 25, 1981). "National Train Timetables". Retrieved August 8, 2010.
6. ^ Versaggi, Joe M. (January 17, 1982). "No headline". New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
7. ^ Amtrak (April 25, 1982). "National Train Timetables". Retrieved August 8, 2010.
8. ^ Amtrak National Timetable. Amtrak. October 25, 1998. p. 44 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
9. ^ "Predicting Amtrak's Return to Indio". Claremont McKenna College. Lowe Institute. November 26, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
10. ^ "Group Puts Study on Track for LA Passenger Service". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. December 15, 1998. pp. 1, 10. Retrieved November 22, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ a b Newell, Shane (February 5, 2020). "Indio approves transportation center feasibility study, hoping to qualify for funding". USA Today. Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
12. ^ "Coachella train: Amtrak service from DTLA to festival could be ready by 2020". American Broadcasting Company. KABC. March 9, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
13. ^ "New Train Stop Coming to Indio". City of Indio. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
14. ^ Scharkey, Kristin (January 17, 2020). "Hoping to take a train to Coachella? Too bad, it's not happening this year". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
15. ^ Atagi, Colin (July 13, 2020). "Plans derailed for April train to Coachella, Stagecoach music festivals". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
16. ^ "Coachella Valley San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Study Tier 2 Environmental Impact Report and Conceptual Engineering Development Report" (PDF). Riverside County Transportation Commission. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

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* Castroville
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* Gilroy
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* Lodi
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* Merced
* Midtown Sacramento
* Morgan Hill
* Natomas/Sacramento Airport
* Oakley
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* Pajaro/Watsonville

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