Helper station

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]

Helper, UT
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Location1 Depot Street
Helper, Utah 84526[1]
United States
Coordinates39°41′02″N 110°51′13.5″W
Owned byUnion Pacific Railroad[2]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking5 long term spaces
5 short term spaces[1]
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeHER
Passengers
20182,261[3]  6.05%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Provo
toward Emeryville
 California Zephyr Green River
toward Chicago
Thompson
Closed in 1997
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Provo
toward Los Angeles
 Desert Wind
Discontinued in 1997
 Thompson
toward Chicago
Provo
toward Seattle
 Pioneer
Before 1991 reroute
Preceding station Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Following station
Castle Gate
toward Ogden
 Moffat Tunnel Route Mounds
toward Denver
Royal Gorge Route
Location
Location of Helper station within Utah

The station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1881, and is currently owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. The station building has a passenger waiting area only. There are no services provided at the station (e.g., ticketing, restrooms, lounge, etc.).[1]

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
  1. As of 13 January 2014, the previous schedule continues with the westbound train (Route 5) scheduled to stop at 7:20 pm and the eastbound train (Route 6) scheduled to stop at 6:37 am.[4]

References
  1. "Helper, UT (HER)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 22 Aug 2013.
  2. "Great American Stations: Helper, UT (HER)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
  3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Utah" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  4. "California Zephyr" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 13 Jan 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.


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