Grover Beach station

Grover Beach station is a passenger rail station in the city of Grover Beach, California, in San Luis Obispo County.[3] It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. Four Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily.[4]

Grover Beach, CA
Trackside of the Grover Beach station in 2007
General information
Location150 Highway 1 at Grand Avenue
Grover Beach, California
United States
Coordinates35.1213°N 120.6292°W / 35.1213; -120.6292
Line(s)UP Coast Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: GVB
History
OpenedNovember 10, 1996[1]
Passengers
FY201913,293[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
San Luis Obispo
Terminus
 Pacific Surfliner Guadalupe
toward Los Angeles or San Diego
     Coast Starlight does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Pismo Beach
toward San Francisco
 Coast Line Arroyo Grande
toward Los Angeles
Location

The station opened on November 10, 1996 from a $1.6 million project that was a coordinated effort between Caltrans, Amtrak and the city of Grover Beach with funding from State Transit Capital Improvement and Proposition 116 bonds.[1][5]

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Grover Beach was the 52nd-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 50 passengers daily.[6]

Platforms and tracks
East track ■ Coast Starlight No stops
West track ■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Luis Obispo (Terminus)
■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Diego-Union Station (Guadalupe)

References
  1. "Celebration of New Train Station Set for Saturday". Five Cities Times Press Recorder. Arroyo Grande, California. November 1, 1996. p. 9. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2019: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. May 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  3. Alley, Dave (August 22, 2018). "Grover Beach holds groundbreaking for $3.1 million train station expansion". KEYT News. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  4. "Grover Beach". TrainWeb.
  5. "Grover Beach, CA (GVB)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  6. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011.


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