Modesto station is a staffed

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

station in

Modesto, California Modesto () is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,464 at the 2020 census, it is the 19th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Sacramento-Stockton- ...

. It serves the on the '' San Joaquin'' line. Designed by Pacific Design Associates of Modesto and VBN Architects of Oakland, the $2.4 million depot was built on four acres of former dairy pastureland. The station has one platform which serves a single track. Before November 12, 1999, trains stopped instead in Riverbank, about 4 miles north. In the past trains also stopped at the

Modesto Transportation Center The Modesto Transportation Center is a bus terminal and former train station located in downtown Modesto, California. History The Central Pacific Railroad was built through Modesto in 1870, and was taken over by the Southern Pacific in 1884. I ...

, which was built by the

Southern Pacific Transportation Company The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...

in 1915, and in the future rail service will move there again when the

Altamont Corridor Express The Altamont Corridor Express (also known as ACE, formerly Altamont Commuter Express) is a commuter rail service in California, connecting Stockton and San Jose during peak hours only. ACE is named for the Altamont Pass, through which it runs ...

begins service to Modesto. Modesto is the point where the ''San Joaquin'' splits, with trains bound for the Bay Area continuing to Stockton's

San Joaquin Street station San Joaquin Street station, also known as Stockton – San Joaquin Street, is an Amtrak station in Stockton, California. Originally built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (which acquired the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail ...

and trains heading to

Sacramento ) , image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highlighted.svg , mapsize = 250x200px , map_caption = Location within Sacramento ...

continuing to Stockton–Downtown station.

Station photos

File:Platform at Modesto station, May 2022.JPG, Platform File:Modesto station 2378 08.JPG, Station interior File:ATSF 2921 on display at Modesto station (1), May 2022.JPG, AT&SF locomotive #2921 on display at the station

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Railway stations in Stanislaus County, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999 Transportation in Modesto, California Amtrak stations in California {{California-railstation-stub