Modesto (Amtrak station)

Modesto
Location	1700 Held Drive Modesto, CA 95355 United States
Coordinates	37°40′09″N 120°54′54″W / 37.6690288°N 120.9149256°W / 37.6690288; -120.9149256Coordinates: 37°40′09″N 120°54′54″W / 37.6690288°N 120.9149256°W / 37.6690288; -120.9149256
Owned by	City of Modesto
Line(s)	BNSF Stockton Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Free lot
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MOD
History
Opened	1999
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	121,389  1.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station toward Oakland-Jack London Square San Joaquin Turlock/Denair toward Bakersfield Stockton–Downtown toward Sacramento
Location
Modesto Location within California

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. The station has one platform which serves a single track. A free unattended parking lot is available, as well as local bus service provided by Modesto Area Express.

Before November 1999, trains stopped instead in Riverbank, about 4 miles north.

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Modesto was the 27th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 270 passengers daily.

There is one bathroom with three vending machines. There is also a check-in desk and an automated check-in machine. Outside there is a side platform.

Although none of the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach services reach the station the town's local bus, Modesto Area Express route 25 serves the station.