Modesto station

Modesto
File:Modesto CA Amtrak Train Station.JPG
Location	1700 Held Drive Modesto, CA 95355 United States
Coordinates
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 Stockton – San Joaquin Street 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.

Facilities

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.

Platforms and tracks

Main track	■ San Joaquin	toward Oakland – Jack London Square (Stockton–San Joaquin Street)
	■ San Joaquin	toward Sacramento (Stockton–Downtown)
	■ San Joaquin	toward Bakersfield (Turlock/Denair)

Transit connections

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

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Modesto, CA
• Amtrak California - Modesto
• Modesto (MOD)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)