Helper station
Helper, UT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1 Depot Street Helper, Utah 84526[1] United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°41′02″N 110°51′13.5″W / 39.68389°N 110.853750°WCoordinates: 39°41′02″N 110°51′13.5″W / 39.68389°N 110.853750°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Union Pacific Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | 5 long term spaces 5 short term spaces[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | HER | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 2,261[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Helper, UT Location of Helper station within Utah |
The Helper station is a railroad station in Helper, Utah. It is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.[Note 1] The station is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and contains a passenger waiting area only;[4] there are no services provided (e.g., ticketing, restrooms, lounge, etc.).[1]
History[]
The station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1881, and the current station building was constructed in 1940.[4]
Beginning in 1983, both the Desert Wind (with service from Chicago to Los Angeles) and the Pioneer (with service from Chicago to Seattle) previously stopped at the Helper station. Service by the Pioneer was dropped when that train was rerouted through Wyoming in 1991 (the train was later discontinued altogether in 1997). Service by the Desert Wind ended when Amtrak discontinued that train in 1997 (at the same time as the Pioneer was discontinued). Also in 1997, the Green River station replaced the former station in Thompson Springs as the next station to the east.
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Helper, UT (HER)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 22 Aug 2013.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Utah" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^ "California Zephyr" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 13 Jan 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
- ^ a b "Great American Stations: Helper, UT (HER)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
External links[]
Media related to Helper station at Wikimedia Commons
- Helper, UT – Amtrak
- Helper, UT (HER); Great American Station (Amtrak)
- Helper Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
- Amtrak stations in Utah
- Former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad stations
- Buildings and structures in Carbon County, Utah
- Transportation in Carbon County, Utah
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1881
- Western United States railway station stubs
- Utah building and structure stubs