Grand Junction station is a train station in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, that is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.[Note 1]

Grand Junction, CO
The current station at Grand Junction
General information
Location	339 South 1st Street Grand Junction, Colorado[1] United States
Coordinates	39.0646°N 108.5705°W / 39.0646; -108.5705
Owned by	Union Pacific Railroad & Pufferbelly, Inc.[2]
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Grand Valley Transit: 11
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	5 short term spaces[1]
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: GJT
Passengers
FY 2021	14,995[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Green River toward Emeryville California Zephyr Glenwood Springs toward Chicago Thompson (closed 1997) toward Emeryville
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Thompson toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Glenwood Springs toward Chicago Thompson toward Seattle Pioneer Before 1991 reroute Preceding station Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Following station Fruita toward Ogden Moffat Tunnel Route Palisade toward Denver Royal Gorge Route
Location
Grand Junction, CO Location of Grand Junction Station within Colorado

The station is adjacent to the original Denver and Rio Grande Depot. The original depot was built in 1906 and replaced by the current adjacent structure in 1992.[2] The current station building was built in the late 1970s and originally used as a restaurant.

Beginning in 1983, both the Desert Wind (with service from Chicago to Los Angeles) and the Pioneer (with service from Chicago to Seattle) stopped at the Grand Junction 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 (in Utah) station replaced the former station in Thompson Springs, Utah, as the next station to the west.

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References

External links

Media related to Grand Junction (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Grand Junction, CO – Amtrak
• Grand Junction, CO – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Grand Junction Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)

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