Creston (Amtrak station)
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The Creston Station is an unstaffed Amtrak
train station
in Creston, Iowa
. Amtrak shares the building with the BNSF Railway
, which uses the building as a yard office. The station is served by Amtrak's Chicago to Oakland California Zephyr
, with one daily train in each direction between the two cities.
Currently, plans are underway to move Amtrak into the original Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
depot, immediately adjacent to the current facility.
Of the six Iowa stations served by Amtrak, Creston was the sixth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 13 passengers daily.
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in Creston, Iowa
Creston, Iowa
Creston is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Iowa, United States. The population was 7,597 at the 2000 census. McKinley Lake lies within a large, multi-purpose municipal park within the city limits, and three additional recreational lakes are located within seven miles of Creston:...
. Amtrak shares the building with the BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
, which uses the building as a yard office. The station is served by Amtrak's Chicago to Oakland California Zephyr
California Zephyr
The California Zephyr is a long passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the midwestern and western United States.It runs from Chicago, Illinois, in the east to Emeryville, California, in the west, passing through the states of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California...
, with one daily train in each direction between the two cities.
Currently, plans are underway to move Amtrak into the original Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington or as the Q, the Burlington Route served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri,...
depot, immediately adjacent to the current facility.
Of the six Iowa stations served by Amtrak, Creston was the sixth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 13 passengers daily.
