Glenwood Springs station

{{Short description|Railway station in Colorado, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Amtrak

| name = Glenwood Springs, CO

| image = Glenwood Springs station 5656145582.jpg

| image_caption =

| address = 413 7th Street
Glenwood Springs, Colorado{{cite web|url=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=GSC|title=Glenwood Springs, CO (GSC)|website=amtrak.com|publisher=Amtrak|accessdate=8 Jan 2014|archive-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109144340/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=GSC|url-status=live}}

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|39|32|53|N|107|19|23|W|region:US-CO|display=inline,title}}

| line = Glenwood Springs Subdivision

| other =

| platform = 1 side platform

| tracks = 2

| architectural_style = Romanesque Revival

| parking = Long and short term

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Glenwood Springs}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationCO}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}

| opened = 1904

| rebuilt =

| accessible = Yes

| code = {{Amtrak code|GSC}}

| owned = Union Pacific Railroad

| zone =

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Amtrak

|line1=California Zephyr|left1=Grand Junction|right1=Granby

|system2=Rocky Mountaineer

|line2=Rockies to the Red Rocks|left2=Moab|right2=Denver

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Desert Wind|left1=Grand Junction|right1=Granby

|line2=Pioneer|left2=Grand Junction|right2=Granby|note-mid6=Before 1991 reroute

|system3=Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

|line3=Main Line|left3=Rifle|right3=Dotsero

|line4=Royal Gorge|left4=Rifle|right4=Dotsero

|line5=California Zephyr|left5=Grand Junction|right5=Denver

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#000 |zoom=14 }}

}}

The Glenwood Springs station is a railway station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area{{cite web|title=California Zephyr Schedule|url=http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/772/325/California-Zephyr-Schedule-011215.pdf|website=Amtrak.com|publisher=National Railroad Passenger Corporation|accessdate=11 December 2015|archive-date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113181017/http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/772/325/California-Zephyr-Schedule-011215.pdf|url-status=live}} and is an overnight stop on Rocky Mountaineer's Rockies To Red Rocks luxury train service between Denver Colorado and Moab Utah.

The Glenwood Springs station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) in 1904, and sits close to the southern bank of the Colorado River. The station is composed of brick and Frying Pan River red sandstone, while the roof line is done in a jerkinhead, or half-hip roof style. The entrance is flanked by medieval-inspired brick towers with pyramidal roofs.{{cite web|url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/GSC|title=Great American Stations: Glenwood Springs, CO (GSC)|website=greatamericanstations.com|publisher=Amtrak|accessdate=8 Jan 2014|archive-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109142837/http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/GSC|url-status=dead}} The Glenwood Railroad Museum occupies the former Ladies' Waiting Room.

The station also serves as one of two Greyhound bus stops in Glenwood Springs. However, The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority city bus does not stop here.{{cite web|title=Glenwood Springs Route Map|url=http://www.rfta.com/rideglenwood.pdf|website=Roaring Fork Transportation Authority|publisher=RFTA|accessdate=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306012422/http://www.rfta.com/rideglenwood.pdf|archive-date=6 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

On June 7, 1977 Amtrak introduced the Pioneer, with service between Chicago and Seattle. On October 28, 1979, Amtrak initiated the Desert Wind service between Chicago and Los Angeles. Both trains serviced Glenwood Springs. In 1991, the Pioneer was rerouted through Wyoming, and no longer stopped in Glenwood Springs. Both the Desert Wind and the Pioneer were discontinued on May 10, 1997. The California Zephyr entered service on April 24, 1983, and services Glenwood Springs to this day.

According to the Amtrak Fact Sheet (Colorado), Fiscal Year 2019, Glenwood Springs was the second busiest of the nine Colorado stations served by Amtrak.{{Cite web|title=Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2019 State of Colorado|url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/COLORADO19.pdf|access-date=2021-08-17|archive-date=2021-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817150231/https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/COLORADO19.pdf|url-status=live}}

The station and the town feature in an episode of the BBC television series Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin.{{cite web|title=Palin's Travels|url=http://palinstravels.co.uk/book-1433?crithl=1136|accessdate=29 Sep 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006160348/http://palinstravels.co.uk/book-1433?crithl=1136|url-status=live}}

On August 15, 2021, luxury tourist railroad Rocky Mountaineer began using the station as an overnight stop for its Rockies to Red Rocks service.{{cite news |last1=Steindler |first1=James |title=Glenwood Springs on right side of the tracks for Rocky Mountaineer |url=https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/glenwood-springs-on-right-side-of-the-tracks-for-rocky-mountaineer/article_de1b27e2-03b5-11ec-8277-679c741e8d24.html |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=Aspen Daily News |language=en |archive-date=21 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921194654/https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/glenwood-springs-on-right-side-of-the-tracks-for-rocky-mountaineer/article_de1b27e2-03b5-11ec-8277-679c741e8d24.html |url-status=live }}