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Green River Station
Green River station may refer to: * Green River station (Utah) Green River station is a train station in Green River, Utah. It is served by Amtrak's ''California Zephyr'', which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The station has a platform and bus-sto ..., an Amtrak train station in Emery County, Utah * Green River station (Wyoming), a former Amtrak train station in Sweetwater County, Wyoming * Green River Generating Station, a former power plant in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky See also * Green River (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green River Station (Utah)
Green River station is a train station in Green River, Utah. It is served by Amtrak's ''California Zephyr'', which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The station has a platform and bus-stop style shelter and no services. History The station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in the mid-twentieth century and called the "Blake Station". It is now owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. Amtrak took over most intercity passenger service on May 1, 1971. However, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) opted to continue to privately operate its ''Rio Grande Zephyr''. In 1983, facing heavy losses, the D&RGW agreed to allow Amtrak to reroute the '' San Francisco Zephyr'' over its Moffat Tunnel Route mainline. A mudslide severed the line on April 14, 1983, ending ''Rio Grande Zephyr'' service west of Grand Junction, Colorado. After the line was rebuilt, Amtrak's newly renamed ''California Zephyr'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green River Station (Wyoming)
Green River station is a former train station in Green River, Wyoming. It was served by the Union Pacific Railroad from its construction to 1971, and by Amtrak from 1971 to 1983 and 1991–1997. The ''Pioneer (train), Pioneer'' was the last train to serve Green River. The depot is a contributing property to the Green River Downtown Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. History The Union Pacific Railroad first reached Green River from the east on October 1, 1868, while building the first transcontinental railroad. The company later opened a depot in the town. However, the old depot was starting to show its age. Green River residents said that "the town is dying" and that a new depot had to be built. There were fears that Green River would be abandoned in favor of Granger, Wyoming, Granger, a town 30 miles to the west and a junction on the Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad), Overland Route. But construction of the new dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
