Rocklin station

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Rocklin, CA
Rocklin, California - Amtrak station.jpg
Rocklin station in October 2012
General information
LocationRocklin Road and Railroad Avenue
Rocklin, California
United States
Coordinates 38°47′28″N121°14′15″W / 38.7911°N 121.2374°W / 38.7911; -121.2374
Owned by City of Rocklin / Union Pacific
Line(s)UP Roseville Subdivision [1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Amtrak Thruway: 20 [2]
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: RLN
History
Rebuilt2006
Passengers
FY 20225,031 [3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Roseville
toward San Jose
Capitol Corridor Auburn
Terminus
      California Zephyr does not stop here
Location
Rocklin station

Rocklin station is an Amtrak California train station in Rocklin, California, United States.

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History

The city and the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency funded the design and construction of the current $1.25 million depot, which opened in July 2006. [4] Designed by Studio SMS of nearby Roseville and inspired by historic 19th and early 20th century stations, the depot is dominated by a clock tower. The building is finished in a random ashlar stone veneer in varying shades of grey and beige and stucco with complementary brown tones. [4]

In 2019 Rocklin was the 52nd-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 47 passengers daily. [3]

Design

The depot has a waiting room for rail and bus passengers, and there are also offices for the Rocklin Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a room reserved for community meetings. [4]

Rocklin station has moveable platforms to accommodate Union Pacific's rotary snowplows, which require clearance of 8 in (20 cm) above the rail. [5]

Platforms and tracks

Westbound  Capitol Corridor toward San Jose (Roseville)
  California Zephyr No stops
Eastbound  Capitol Corridor toward Auburn (Terminus)
  California Zephyr No stops

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References

  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
  2. "Capitol Corridor" (PDF). Amtrak. June 17, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Rocklin, CA (RLN)". Great American Stations (Amtrak). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. Glischinski, Steve (December 2010), "Where the Rotaries Roll On", Trains Magazine , vol. 70, no. 12, p. 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.

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