Storey (formerly, Madera Station) is an

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. It is located on the

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and ...

(ATSF) east-northeast of Madera, at an elevation of It is also about southeast of the

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. The area was named after

William Benson Storey William Benson Storey, Jr. (November 17, 1857 – October 24, 1940) was the fifteenth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Storey was born November 17, 1857, in San Francisco, California, the son of William Bainbridge Storey, an ...

, the former president of the ATSF. The former

Storey Train Station Storey (known as Madera by Amtrak) was an unstaffed train station located in the unincorporated community of Storey, and about southeast of the Fresno River, in Madera County, California, United States. Just prior to its closure in November 2010 ...

(used by ATSF, and subsequently by

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), was located in Storey, but Amtrak always referred to the station as Madera. The station was permanently closed after Amtrak moved its service to the new Madera station in November 2010. Within a few years thereafter, the station's

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uncovered the waiting area, and parking lot were entirely removed, leaving little evidence of the former station.

References

Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Madera County, California {{MaderaCountyCA-geo-stub