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Modesto station

Modesto
Modesto CA Amtrak Train Station.JPG
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 Decrease 1.3%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
San Joaquin
toward Bakersfield
toward Sacramento
Location
Modesto is located in California
Modesto
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.


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