Indio is a former and future train station in Indio, California.
Indio, CA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The Southern Pacific station building, March 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 45-050 Jackson Street[1] Indio, California 92202 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°43′16″N 116°12′57″W / 33.721023°N 116.215774°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bus operators | Greyhound Lines Amtrak Thruway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 29, 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rail service began on May 29, 1876, by the Southern Pacific.[2] The station was a stop on the transcontinental Sunset Limited;[3] that service was commuted to Amtrak in 1971. The Eagle (later Texas Eagle) started serving the city with that line's commencement.[4][5][6][7] Indio continued to see service until October 1998, closing due to low ridership.[1][8][9][10] On the south side of the tracks is the Indio Bus Station, served by Greyhound Lines[11] and Amtrak Thruway.
The Riverside County Transportation Commission was awarded $8.6 million in 2019 to construct a temporary platform to reestablish limited service to the city during major festivals,[12][13][14] but these plans were canceled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic after arrangements with Union Pacific could not be resolved.[15] The commission is also investigating the possibility of reinstating normal passenger service from Los Angeles to Indio along the Coachella Valley–San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor.[11][16]