Bakersfield (Amtrak station)

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Bakersfield
Station statistics
Address	601 Truxtun Ave Bakersfield, CA 93301
Coordinates	35°22′20″N 119°0′35″W / 35.37222°N 119.00972°W / 35.37222; -119.00972Coordinates: 35°22′20″N 119°0′35″W / 35.37222°N 119.00972°W / 35.37222; -119.00972
Lines	San Joaquin
Connections	Thruway Motorcoach Routes 1 & 9
Parking	free
Other information
Opened	July 2000
Code	BFD
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	382,393 (Amtrak) ▲ 3.4%

The Bakersfield Amtrak Station in Bakersfield, California is the southern terminus of Amtrak's San Joaquin route operated by Amtrak California, with Thruway Motorcoach service continuing to Amtrak stations and bus stops throughout Southern California and Nevada. With 382,393 boardings and alightings in Amtrak's FY2006, it is the eighth busiest Amtrak station in California.^[1]

The station offers checked baggage, Amtrak Express, ticket sales, free parking, and a large air conditioned waiting room. One of the two railway platforms are sheltered, and the station also has 14 bus bays.

The station opened with a celebration on July 4, 2000, replacing a smaller station 0.9 miles to the west, because that station was too far from downtown (Jim Costa spoke and Buck Owens performed at the event). The older station, built in 1974, had one platform. The new station has two platforms and a third storage track.

[edit] Thruway Buses

• 1a: Bakersfield - Los Angeles - Long Beach - San Diego

also serving Santa Clarita, Van Nuys, Glendale, Fullerton, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Long Beach, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, San Juan Capistrano, Oceanside, and Solano Beach

• 1b: Bakersfield - Los Angeles - Long Beach - San Diego

also serving Santa Clarita, Van Nuys, Glendale, Fullerton, Anaheim, Santa Ana, San Pedro, Irvine, San Juan Capistrano, Oceanside, and Solano Beach

• 1c: Bakersfield - UCLA - Torrance

also serving Lebec, Santa Clarita, Burbank, Van Nuys, Westchester, and El Segundo

• 9: Bakersfield - Las Vegas, NV

also serving Tehachapi, Mojave, Barstow, Baker, and Primm

• 10: Bakersfield - Santa Barbara

also serving Fillmore, Sanata Paula, Oxnard, Ventura, and Carpinteria

• 12: Bakersfield - Victorville

also serving Tehachapi, Mojave, Rosamond, Lancaster, Palmdale, Littlerock, and Adelanto Junction

• 19a: Bakersfield - Hemet

also serving La Crescenta, Pasadena, Claremont, Ontario, Riverside, San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Perris, Sun City

• 19b: Bakersfield - Indio

also serving La Crescenta, Pasadena, Claremont, Ontario, Riverside, San Bernardino, Beaumont, Palm Springs, and Thousand Palms

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Amtrak
• Amtrak California
• Photos at Amtrak Photo Archive [1][2][3][4][5]

Preceding station		Amtrak		Following station
Wasco toward Oakland or Sacramento		San Joaquins		Terminus