Paso Robles (Amtrak station)
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The Paso Robles Amtrak station is a passenger train station in Paso Robles
, California
, United States
served by Amtrak
, the national railroad passenger system.
Routes serving this station include the Coast Starlight
. It also serves the Pacific Surfliner
and the San Joaquins
via Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
).
It is an unstaffed station and therefore does not offer ticket sales or checked luggage services. However, the new station building serves as an enclosed waiting area for passengers and is also staffed full-time by a member of the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce. The adjacent historic station building has been renovated into small shops.
Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Paso Robles was the 55th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 30 passengers daily.
Paso Robles, California
Paso Robles is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Paso Robles is the fastest growing city in San Luis Obispo County: Its population at the 2000 census was 24,297; in 2010 it recorded some 29,793 residentsLocated on the Salinas River north of San Luis Obispo, California,...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
served by Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
, the national railroad passenger system.
Routes serving this station include the Coast Starlight
Coast Starlight
The Coast Starlight is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs from King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, to Union Station in Los Angeles, California. The train's name was formed as a merging of two of Southern Pacific's train names, the Coast...
. It also serves the Pacific Surfliner
Pacific Surfliner
The Pacific Surfliner is a Amtrak regional passenger train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo....
and the San Joaquins
San Joaquins
The San Joaquin is a passenger train operated by Amtrak as part of the Amtrak California network in California's Central Valley. Twelve trains a day run between its southern terminus at Bakersfield and Stockton, where the route splits to Oakland or Sacramento...
via Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
Thruway Motorcoach is Amtrak's system of Amtrak-owned intercity coaches, locally contracted transit buses, through-ticketed local bus routes and taxi services to connect Amtrak train stations to areas not served by its railroads...
).
It is an unstaffed station and therefore does not offer ticket sales or checked luggage services. However, the new station building serves as an enclosed waiting area for passengers and is also staffed full-time by a member of the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce. The adjacent historic station building has been renovated into small shops.
Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Paso Robles was the 55th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 30 passengers daily.