Yuma station

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Yuma, AZ
Yuma Arizona Amtrak station.jpeg
General information
Location281 South Gila Street
Yuma, Arizona
United States
Coordinates 32°43′23″N114°36′58″W / 32.72301°N 114.61608°W / 32.72301; -114.61608
Line(s) UP Yuma / Gila Subdivisions
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: YUM
Passengers
FY 20244,583 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Palm Springs
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited Maricopa
toward New Orleans
Texas Eagle Maricopa
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Indio
(bypassed 1998)
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited Phoenix
(until 1996 reroute)
toward Miami
Texas Eagle Phoenix
(until 1996 reroute)
toward Chicago
Location
Yuma station

Yuma station is an Amtrak station at 281 South Gila Street in Yuma, Arizona, United States. Passenger rail service is provided thrice-weekly in each direction by the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle over this portion of its route. The station's island platform, which is adjacent to the station building site, are accessible through a short pedestrian tunnel.

Contents

The former structure, the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, was built in 1926 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. After SP ceased passenger operations upon Amtrak's start in 1971, the station housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum. The depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The structure was devastated in a May 1993 fire and was razed in the summer of 1994. [2]

Schedule

There are three weekly trains in each direction: [3]

Train #1 is the westbound New Orleans–Los Angeles Sunset Limited, while train #421 refers to the through coach and sleeper transferred from the Texas Eagle (Chicago–San Antonio) to the Sunset Limited in San Antonio.

Train #2 is the eastbound Sunset Limited, traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans, with a through coach and sleeper designated as Train #422, which is detached in San Antonio and transferred to the Chicago-bound Texas Eagle #22.

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal year 2024: State of Arizona" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  2. ↑ Wullenjohn, Chuck (December 12, 1994). "Yuma Needs a Proper Depot". Blog Archive. Arizona Rail Passenger Association. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ Sunset Limited Schedule effective March 10, 2013 Archived August 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved September 3, 2013)
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