Fraser–Winter Park station is a train station in Fraser, Colorado. It is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily in each direction between Chicago, and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The station house is unstaffed, except during the winter months. At 8,561 feet (2,609 m) above sea level, it is Amtrak's highest-elevation train station.[4][5]
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Location | 205 Fraser Avenue Fraser, Colorado[1] United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°56′51″N 105°49′03″W / 39.9476°N 105.8175°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Ronald M. Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Moffat Tunnel Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: WIP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | January 17, 1985[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2023 | 8,008[3] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Fraser, CO - Winter Park (WIP)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ^ "Amtrak Timetable - Effective February 17, 1985". timetables.org. Amtrak. February 17, 1985. p. 4. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Colorado" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ Pitt, John (May 2019) [1992]. USA by Rail. The Bradt Travel Guide (9th ed.). Bradt Travel Guides Ltd, UK; The Globe Pequot Press Inc, USA. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-78477-625-1 – via Google Books.
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- ^ "Fraser-Winter Park Colorado (WIP)". Trainweb. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
External links
editMedia related to Fraser station at Wikimedia Commons
- Fraser–Winter Park, CO – Amtrak
- Fraser–Winter Park, CO – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Fraser–Winter Park, CO – USA RailGuide (TrainWeb)