Chico station
{{Short description|Intercity rail station in Chico, California}}
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{{Infobox station
| style = Amtrak
| name = Chico, CA
| image = Chico station in December 2023-L1004101.jpg
| caption = Chico station in December 2023
| address = 450 Orange Street
| borough = Chico, California
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|39.7233|-121.8461|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA|display=inline}}
| mapframe = yes
| line =
| other =
| platform = 1 side platform
| tracks = 1
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = 1870
April 25, 1982 (Amtrak){{cite news |title=Bigwigs on Inaugural Train Offer Hope for Roseville Stop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98496564/roseville-april-26-1982/ |access-date=March 28, 2022 |work=The Press-Tribune |date=April 26, 1982 |location=Roseville, California |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98496597/roseville-part-2-april-26-1982/ 15]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| closed = 1957
| rebuilt = 1892, 1988
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Amtrak code|CIC}}
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| owned = City of Chico
| zone =
| bus_operators = {{Unbulleted list
| {{bus icon}} Amtrak Thruway: 3
| {{bus icon}} Glenn Ride
| {{bus icon}} Greyhound Lines
| {{bus icon}} FlixBus
}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Coast Starlight|left=Sacramento|right=Redding}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
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|system2=Southern Pacific Railroad|line2=Shasta Route|left2=Durham|right2=Vina|note-mid2=Via East Side Sacramento Valley}}
| nrhp = {{Infobox NRHP
| name = Southern Pacific Depot
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| coordinates = {{coord|39|42|24.0|N|121|50|8.0|W|display=inline,title}}
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| architecture =Carpenter Gothic
| added = January 29, 1987
| refnum = 87000001
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Chico station is an intercity rail station in the South Campus Neighborhood of Chico, California. It is served by the single daily round trip of the Amtrak Coast Starlight service. The station building was constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1892; it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The Greyhound bus station is located adjacent to the Amtrak station.
History
File:Chico station, February 21, 1969.jpg
The station was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1892, replacing an older structure built in 1870 by the California and Oregon Railroad. A local streetcar line of the Sacramento Northern Railway served the station between 1905 and 1947.{{cite web |last1=Groff |first1=Garth G. |title=CHICO AND ITS STREETCAR LINES |url=https://www.wplives.org/sn/chico.html |publisher=Feather River Rail Society |access-date=11 December 2024 |date=August 8, 2011}}
The station was shown in the 1947 film Magic Town when James Stewart's character arrives in the fictional town of Grandview.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/chico-ca-cic/ |title=Chico, CA (CIC) |work=Great American Stations |publisher=Amtrak}} During his 1952 vice presidential campaign, Richard Nixon was talking on the pay phone at the station when he got the news from the campaign headquarters that he would have to respond to the Checkers issue with the 'Checkers speech'.
Passenger rail service to Chico ceased in 1957, but was reactivated when Amtrak rerouted the Coast Starlight to its current alignment in 1982.{{cite news |title=State Digest: Amtrak's new train route |work=San Francisco Examiner |date=April 16, 1982}} The city and the Chamber of Commerce saved the current structure from demolition through an agreement with the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1987.[http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/CIC/Station_view Great American Stations] Accessed January 30, 2013. That same year, the depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Southern Pacific Depot.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=87000001}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Southern Pacific Depot|accessdate = December 12, 2015|author1=Giovanna R. Jackson|author2=Michele Shover|format = PDF|date= August 1986|publisher=National Park Service}} {{NRHP url|id=87000001|title=Accompanying 12 photos|photos=y}}. The building is also home to the Chico Art Center.
While the Butte County Association of Governments has looked in to establishment of weekday bus service from Chico to Sacramento, their plan called for the bus to depart not from the station but rather a park and ride facility on Fir Street.https://www.sacog.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/bcag_chico_to_sacramento_intercity_commuter_bus_service_talking_points.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112100035/https://www.sacog.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/bcag_chico_to_sacramento_intercity_commuter_bus_service_talking_points.pdf |date=2018-01-12 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.chicoer.com/2018/06/30/new-chico-bus-service-far-off-but-i-5-could-be-in-2019/ | title=New Chico bus service far off; but I-5 could be in 2019 | date=30 June 2018 }} A different North State Intercity Bus route received TIRCP funding in 2018 and is proposed to provide weekday feeder service to Sacramento from the Chico station.{{Cite web |url=https://www.srta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4099/North-State-Intercity-Bus-System-Business-Plan-June-2018?bidId= |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-09-16 |archive-date=2024-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812214037/https://www.srta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4099/North-State-Intercity-Bus-System-Business-Plan-June-2018?bidId= |url-status=dead }}http://www.dot.ca.gov/drmt/docs/sptircp/2018_awardlist.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
North Valley Rail is a proposed regional rail service between Chico and Natomas.{{cite news |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/proposal-seeks-to-launch-commuter-rail-service-north-of-sacramento-calif/ |title=Proposal seeks to launch commuter rail service north of Sacramento, Calif. |newspaper=Trains |date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=July 8, 2023}}
Additional bus connections are available approximately one half-mile away at the Chico Transit Center at 2nd and Salem.{{cite web | url=https://chico.ca.us/Our-Community/Travel-and-Tourism/Bus-Service/index.html | title=City of Chico - Bus Service }}
See also
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External links
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{{Amtrak web|CIC|Chico, CA}}
{{Amtrak California stations}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in California}}
Category:Amtrak stations in California
Category:Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California
Category:Railway stations in Butte County, California
Category:Buildings and structures in Chico, California
Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in California
Category:Carpenter Gothic architecture in California
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1870
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Butte County, California
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1982
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1957