Helper station

The Helper station is a railroad station in Helper, Utah. It is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.[Note 1]

Helper, UT
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Location	1 Depot Street Helper, Utah 84526[1] United States
Coordinates	39°41′02″N 110°51′13.5″W
Owned by	Union Pacific Railroad[2]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	5 long term spaces 5 short term spaces[1]
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	HER
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	2,261[3]  6.05%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Provo toward Emeryville California Zephyr Green River toward Chicago Thompson Closed in 1997 toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Provo toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Discontinued in 1997 Thompson toward Chicago Provo toward Seattle Pioneer Before 1991 reroute Preceding station Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Following station Castle Gate toward Ogden Moffat Tunnel Route Mounds toward Denver Royal Gorge Route
Location
Location of Helper station within Utah

The station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1881, and is currently owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. The station building has a passenger waiting area only. There are no services provided at the station (e.g., ticketing, restrooms, lounge, etc.).[1]

Beginning in 1983, both the Desert Wind (with service from Chicago to Los Angeles) and the Pioneer (with service from Chicago to Seattle) previously stopped at the Helper station. Service by the Pioneer was dropped when that train was rerouted through Wyoming in 1991 (the train was later discontinued altogether in 1997). Service by the Desert Wind ended when Amtrak discontinued that train in 1997 (at the same time as the Pioneer was discontinued). Also in 1997, the Green River station replaced the former station in Thompson Springs as the next station to the east.