Indio station
Indio is a former and future train station in Indio, California.
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The Southern Pacific station building, March 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 45-050 Jackson Street[1] Indio, California 92202 | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33.721023°N 116.215774°W | |||||||||||||||||||
Bus operators | Greyhound Lines Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opening | April 2021 (planned) | |||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Rail service began in 1876 by the Southern Pacific. The station was a stop on the transcontinental Sunset Limited;[2] that service was commuted to Amtrak in 1971. The Eagle (later Texas Eagle) started serving the city with that line's commencement.[3][4][5][6] Indio continued to see service until October 1998, closing due to low ridership.[1][7][8][9] On the south side of the tracks is the Indio Bus Station, served by Greyhound Lines[10] and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach.
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.[11][12] A new minimal station featuring only a platform is planned to be constructed by April 2021 to allow transportation options for the valley's festivals.[10][13] Indio shuttle trains would run three weeks a year from Los Angeles Union Station operated by the Orange County Transportation Authority, and is funded from 2021 through 2025.[13] 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.[10][14] vv
References
- Amtrak National Timetable. Amtrak. May 17, 1998. p. 44 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
- Passenger Train Schedules (PDF). Southern Pacific. June 3, 1966 – via Streamliner Memories.
- "Amtrak To Eliminate Unprofitable Routes". Toledo Blade. August 26, 1981. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- Amtrak (October 25, 1981). "National Train Timetables". Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- Versaggi, Joe M. (January 17, 1982). "No headline". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- Amtrak (April 25, 1982). "National Train Timetables". Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- Amtrak National Timetable. Amtrak. October 25, 1998. p. 44 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
- "Predicting Amtrak's Return to Indio". Claremont McKenna College. Lowe Institute. November 26, 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- "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.
- Newell, Shane (5 February 2020). "Indio approves transportation center feasibility study, hoping to qualify for funding". USA Today. Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- "Coachella train: Amtrak service from DTLA to festival could be ready by 2020". American Broadcasting Corporation. KABC. March 9, 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- "New Train Stop Coming to Indio". City of Indio. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- 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 8 June 2020.
- "Coachella Valley San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Study Tier 2 Environmental Impact Report and Conceptual Engineering Development Report" (PDF). Riverside County Transportation Commission. Retrieved 6 June 2020.