Colfax_(Amtrak_station) References

Colfax, CA
Colfax, CA
	The westbound California Zephyr at Colfax in 2019
General information
Location	99 Railroad Street at Church Street; Colfax, California; United States
Coordinates	39°05′58″N 120°57′11″W / 39.0994°N 120.9531°W
Line(s)	Union Pacific Roseville Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Amtrak Thruway 20; Placer County Transit 60
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: COX
History
Opened	c. 1865
Rebuilt	1905; Early 2000s
Original company	Central Pacific Railroad
Passengers
FY 2022	3,753 (Amtrak)
Services
Former services
	Colfax Passenger Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	98001605
	Colfax Freight Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	99001564
Location

Colfax station is an Amtrak train station in Colfax, California. Served by the California Zephyr, it is unstaffed. The station was built in 1905 by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was restored in the early 21st century; in addition to a waiting room, the building also houses the Colfax Heritage Museum.^[4] The platform is movable to accommodate Union Pacific rotary snowplows, which are liable to scrape a platform eight inches above top of rail.^[5]

History

The first station built on the site opened around 1865.^[4] The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad began service from here on April 11, 1876,^[6] running until 1942.^[4] The modern station was built in 1905.^[4]

Between January 1, 1998, and February 13, 2000, a single round-trip of the Capitol Corridor terminated at Colfax. This service ended because of low ridership.

The station building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as Colfax Passenger Station, with the 1880-built freight depot listed separately as Colfax Freight Station.

References

^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 2.
^ https://placercountytransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Route60-Placer-Commuter-Express.pdf
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Colfax, CA (COX)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
^ Glischinski, Steve (December 2010), "Where the Rotaries Roll On", Trains, 70 (12): 24, ISSN 0041-0934, When the rotaries move out of Roseville, workers have to pull up crossings, and remove the Amtrak station platforms at Rocklin and Colfax to accommodate the plows. The platforms were designed to be portable because of this.
^ Decisions. California Public Utilities Commission (4 ed.). Railroad Commission of the State of California. 1914. pp. 552– 552. Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link)

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[schematics-1] SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 2.

[2] ttps://placercountytransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Route60-Placer-Commuter-Express.pdf

[AmtrakRidershipCA-3] "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

[GAS-4] "Colfax, CA (COX)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.

[5] Glischinski, Steve (December 2010), "Where the Rotaries Roll On", Trains, 70 (12): 24, ISSN 0041-0934, When the rotaries move out of Roseville, workers have to pull up crossings, and remove the Amtrak station platforms at Rocklin and Colfax to accommodate the plows. The platforms were designed to be portable because of this.

[Decisions-6] Decisions. California Public Utilities Commission (4 ed.). Railroad Commission of the State of California. 1914. pp. 552– 552. Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link)

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