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On May 1, 2017, Amtrak started a new Amtrak Thruway shuttle service (operated by Stagecoach Express) connecting Maricopa station with Tempe station and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. [4] Maricopa station has a very short platform (just over 110 feet (34 m) long) only slightly longer than each Superliner car used by Amtrak.
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...
Last Amtrak service, June 1996. Still stands; used as Macayo's Depot Cantina restaurant. Valley Metro Rail station located one block east of depot. Tombstone: SPRR: 1882: Built by El Paso and Southwestern Railroad. Last Southern Pacific passenger service, August 1960. Still standing. Tucson: 1907: Remodeled 1942. Current Amtrak service.
Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains. In most cases these are dedicated motorcoach routes, but can also be non-dedicated intercity bus services , transit buses , vans, taxis , ferry boats and commuter rail trains.
Existing and potential Arizona rail passenger service. Light-colored lines are out-of-service (Arlington-Yuma, Magma-Superior) or potentially relaid (Firebird-Maricopa). Stations shown with a green "S" are potential suburban (commuter) stations, in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas.
California Zephyr railcar at the Maricopa, AZ Amtrak station. Maricopa is located on a Union Pacific Railroad line. The city is currently the closest stop to Phoenix served by Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle trains. Maricopa station opened in 2001, originally in a converted passenger rail car but now in a metal building.
The Estrella Line Corridor (formerly the Yuma West Corridor) is a 30-mile (48 km) line traveling from Union Station west to downtown Buckeye by way of the Union Pacific Railroad's Phoenix Subdivision. [14] The line was served by Amtrak's Sunset Limited until June 1996, when it was rerouted to a more direct route via Maricopa rather than of ...
Two Amtrak routes serve Arizona communities: the Southwest Chief passes through Winslow, Flagstaff, and Kingman, while the Texas Eagle passes through Benson, Tucson, Maricopa and Yuma. Although the Texas Eagle passes much closer to Phoenix than the Southwest Chief does, Phoenix is linked to the Amtrak system via motorcoach from Flagstaff. [1]