:en:Rocklin station

{{Short description|Train station in Rocklin, California, United States}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Amtrak

| name = Rocklin, CA

| image = Rocklin, California - Amtrak station.jpg

| image_caption = Rocklin station in October 2012

| address = Rocklin Road and Railroad Avenue

| borough = Rocklin, California

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|38.7911|-121.2374|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

| line = UP Roseville Subdivision{{CA rail schematics}}

| connections = {{bus icon}} Amtrak Thruway: 20{{Cite web |date=June 17, 2019 |title=Capitol Corridor |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/Capitol-Corridor-Schedule-061719.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704215655/https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/Capitol-Corridor-Schedule-061719.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |publisher=Amtrak |accessdate=April 12, 2020}}

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| parking = Yes

| bicycle =

| opened =

| rebuilt = 2006

| accessible = Yes

| code = {{Amtrak code|RLN}}

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Rocklin}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}

| owned = City of Rocklin / Union Pacific

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Capitol Corridor|left=Roseville|right=Auburn|line2=California Zephyr|nonstop2=yes}}

}}

Rocklin station is an Amtrak California train station in Rocklin, California, United States.

History

The city and the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency funded the design and construction of the current $1.25 million depot, which opened in July 2006.{{Cite web |title=Rocklin, CA (RLN) |url=https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/rocklin-ca-rln/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Great American Stations (Amtrak) |language=en-US}} Designed by Studio SMS of nearby Roseville and inspired by historic 19th and early 20th century stations, the depot is dominated by a clock tower. The building is finished in a random ashlar stone veneer in varying shades of grey and beige and stucco with complementary brown tones.

In 2019 Rocklin was the 52nd-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 47 passengers daily.{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}

{{As of|2024}}, reconstruction of the platforms for accessibility is planned to be complete in FY 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/CALIFORNIA23.pdf |title=Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2023 State of California |page=7 |publisher=Amtrak |date=March 2024}}

Design

The depot has a waiting room for rail and bus passengers, and there are also offices for the Rocklin Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a room reserved for community meetings.

Rocklin station has moveable platforms to accommodate Union Pacific's rotary snowplows, which require clearance of {{cvt|8|in|cm}} above the rail.{{Citation |last=Glischinski |first=Steve |title=Where the Rotaries Roll On |date=December 2010 |work=Trains Magazine |volume=70 |issue=12 |page=24 |issn=0041-0934 |quote=When the rotaries move out of Roseville, workers have to pull up crossings, and remove the Amtrak station platforms at Rocklin and Colfax to accommodate the plows. The platforms were designed to be portable because of this.}}

=Platforms and tracks=

{{ja-rail-linem|first=2|pfn=Westbound|span=2|nolinkindex=Capitol Corridor|linecol=#{{rcr|Amtrak|Capitol Corridor|inline=yes}}|dir=toward San Jose (Roseville)}}

{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=California Zephyr|linecol=#{{rcr|Amtrak|California Zephyr|inline=yes}}|dir=No stops}}

{{ja-rail-linem|pfn=Eastbound|span=2|nolinkindex=Capitol Corridor|linecol=#{{rcr|Amtrak|Capitol Corridor|inline=yes}}|dir=toward Auburn (Terminus)}}

{{ja-rail-linem|first=3|nolinkindex=California Zephyr|linecol=#{{rcr|Amtrak|California Zephyr|inline=yes}}|dir=No stops}}

References

External links

[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/rocklin.htm Rocklin Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)]

Category:Amtrak stations in Placer County, California

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2006

Category:Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in Placer County, California