Modesto Station

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Modesto station is a staffed Amtrak station in Modesto, California. It serves the on the San Joaquin line. Designed by Pacific Design Associates of Modesto and VBN Architects of Oakland, the $2.4 million depot was built on four acres of former dairy pastureland. The station has one platform which serves a single track. A free unattended parking lot is available, as well as local bus service provided by Modesto Area Express.Before November 1999, trains stopped instead in Riverbank, about 4 miles north.Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Modesto was the 27th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 270 passengers daily.FacilitiesThere is one bathroom with three vending machines. There is also a check-in desk and an automated check-in machine. Outside there is a side platform.Transit connectionsAlthough none of the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach services reach the station the town's local bus, Modesto Area Express route 25 serves the station.