Indio station

Indio is a former and future train station in Indio, California.

Indio, CA
The Southern Pacific station building, March 1983
General information
Location	45-050 Jackson Street^[1] Indio, California 92202
Coordinates	33°43′16″N 116°12′57″W / 33.721023°N 116.215774°W / 33.721023; -116.215774
Bus operators	Greyhound Lines Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
History
Opened	May 29, 1876
Closed	October 1998
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Palm Springs toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited Yuma toward Orlando Texas Eagle Yuma toward Chicago Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Palm Springs toward Los Angeles Sunset Route Coachella toward New Orleans
Location

Rail service began on May 29, 1876, by the Southern Pacific.^[2] The station was a stop on the transcontinental Sunset Limited;^[3] that service was commuted to Amtrak in 1971. The Eagle (later Texas Eagle) started serving the city with that line's commencement.^[4][5][6][7] Indio continued to see service until October 1998, closing due to low ridership.^{[1][8][9][10]} On the south side of the tracks is the Indio Bus Station, served by Greyhound Lines^[11] and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach.

The Riverside County Transportation Commission was awarded $8.6 million in 2019 to construct a temporary platform to reestablish limited service to the city during major festivals,^[12][13][14] but these plans were canceled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic after arrangements with Union Pacific could not be resolved.^[15] The commission is also investigating the possibility of reinstating normal passenger service from Los Angeles to Indio along the Coachella Valley–San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor.^[11][16]

References

1. Amtrak National Timetable. Amtrak. May 17, 1998. p. 44 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
2. Goolsby, Denise (August 23, 2014). "Southern Pacific Railroad made path through the wild". The Desert Sun. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
3. Passenger Train Schedules (PDF). Southern Pacific. June 3, 1966 – via Streamliner Memories.
4. "Amtrak To Eliminate Unprofitable Routes". Toledo Blade. August 26, 1981. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
5. Amtrak (October 25, 1981). "National Train Timetables". Retrieved August 8, 2010.
6. Versaggi, Joe M. (January 17, 1982). "No headline". New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
7. Amtrak (April 25, 1982). "National Train Timetables". Retrieved August 8, 2010.
8. Amtrak National Timetable. Amtrak. October 25, 1998. p. 44 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.
9. "Predicting Amtrak's Return to Indio". Claremont McKenna College. Lowe Institute. November 26, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
10. "Group Puts Study on Track for LA Passenger Service". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. December 15, 1998. pp. 1, 10. Retrieved November 22, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  
11. Newell, Shane (February 5, 2020). "Indio approves transportation center feasibility study, hoping to qualify for funding". USA Today. Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
12. "Coachella train: Amtrak service from DTLA to festival could be ready by 2020". American Broadcasting Company. KABC. March 9, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
13. "New Train Stop Coming to Indio". City of Indio. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
14. Scharkey, Kristin (January 17, 2020). "Hoping to take a train to Coachella? Too bad, it's not happening this year". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
15. Atagi, Colin (July 13, 2020). "Plans derailed for April train to Coachella, Stagecoach music festivals". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
16. "Coachella Valley San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Study Tier 2 Environmental Impact Report and Conceptual Engineering Development Report" (PDF). Riverside County Transportation Commission. Retrieved June 6, 2020.