Williams Junction, AZ | |||||||||||
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 Williams Junction station platform | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Old Depot Road Williams, Arizona United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′35″N 112°08′05″W / 35.24306°N 112.13472°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Seligman Subdivision | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (ground level paving serving two tracks) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (two main line tracks, one passing loop) | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Grand Canyon Railway shuttle | ||||||||||
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| Station code | WMJ | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 18, 1960 (first station)[1] August 2, 1999 (second station)[2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | April 30, 1969 (first station)[3] January 1, 2018 (second station)[4] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 9,672[5]  20.1% (Amtrak) | ||||||||||
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Williams Junction station was an Amtrak train station on the Southwest Chief route, located three miles (4.8 km) southeast of Williams, Arizona in the Kaibab National Forest. The station primarily served passengers travelling to the Grand Canyon via the Grand Canyon Railway.
- ^ Hoyt, William (December 18, 1960). "Grand Canyon First Train Over New Williams Cutoff". The Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. p. 1. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sanderswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Pearson, Helen (April 29, 1969). "It's Last Trip for Santa Fe's 'Williams Junction Run'". The Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. p. 2. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2018closurewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of Arizona" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
