Colfax, CA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 99 Railroad Street at Church Street Colfax, California United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°05′58″N 120°57′11″W / 39.0994°N 120.9531°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Union Pacific Roseville Subdivision[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Amtrak Thruway 20 Placer County Transit 60[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Free | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: COX | ||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | c. 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1905 Early 2000s | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Original company | Central Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FY 2023 | 5,214[3] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colfax Passenger Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 98001605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Colfax Freight Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 99001564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colfax station is an Amtrak train station in Colfax, California. Served by the California Zephyr, it is unstaffed. The station was built in 1905 by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was restored in the early 21st century; in addition to a waiting room, the building also houses the Colfax Heritage Museum.[4] The platform is movable to accommodate Union Pacific rotary snowplows, which are liable to scrape a platform eight inches above top of rail.[5]
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.