Owned by City of Palm Springs Tracks 1 Parking 10 Phone +1 800-872-7245 | Line(s) Union Pacific Railroad Structure type At-grade Opened June 1997 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location North Indian Canyon Drive and Palm Springs Station RoadPalm Springs, California 92262United States Address Palm Springs Station Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA Similar Palm Springs Aerial Tra, Palm Springs Air Museum, Plaza Theatre, Yuma station, Living Desert Zoo and Gard | ||
Palm Springs is a train station in Palm Springs, California, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle, combined, provide a thrice-weekly service in each direction.
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This is not a full-service station. It is only a platform and open-air shelter with a roof built in 1999. There are no services offered. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) from downtown Palm Springs, and there are no connecting transportation services between the station and downtown except for taxi cabs.
Ridership
Ridership at the Palm Springs station has steadily declined in recent years, in large part due to the normally inconvenient service times to and from Los Angeles. In FY2010, the station served 6,061 passengers. This declined to 5,897 passengers in FY2011 (-2.71%), and then to 4,945 passengers in FY2012 (-16.14%). As of FY2013, Palm Springs station's ridership further declined to 3,113 passengers, corresponding to an average boarding or detraining of just 8-9 passengers daily, making Palm Springs the 71st-busiest of the 74 stations served by Amtrak in California in FY2013.
Greyhound Bus Lines
Greyhound Bus Lines also has a stop (no ticketing) at the station.