Yuma station

This article is about the train station in Yuma, Arizona. It is not to be confused with the CB&Q Depot in Yuma, Colorado, or the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma

Yuma, AZ
General information
Location	281 South Gila Street Yuma, Arizona United States
Coordinates	32.72301°N 114.61608°W / 32.72301; -114.61608
Line	UP Yuma / Gila Subdivisions
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: YUM
History
Opened	September 30, 1877
Rebuilt	1926
Passengers
FY 2025	4,722 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Palm Springs toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited Maricopa toward New Orleans Texas Eagle Maricopa toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Indio (bypassed 1998) toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited Phoenix (until 1996 reroute) toward Miami Texas Eagle Phoenix (until 1996 reroute) toward Chicago Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Niland toward Los Angeles Sunset Route Wellton toward New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Gila St., Yuma, Arizona
Coordinates	32°43′24″N 114°36′54″W
Built	1926 (1926)
Architect	Arguello, A.L.; Wakefield, Ceril H.
Architectural style	Spanish Colonial Revival
Demolished	1994
NRHP reference No.	76000384
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1976
Removed from NRHP	August 22, 2019
Location

Yuma station is an Amtrak station at 281 South Gila Street in Yuma, Arizona, United States. Passenger rail service is provided thrice-weekly in each direction by the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle over this portion of its route. The station's island platform, which is adjacent to the station building site, are accessible through a short pedestrian tunnel.

History

The Southern Pacific Railroad began operations to Yuma on September 30, 1877.

The railroad built a new Spanish Colonial Revival-style station in 1926. Routes that served the station include the Sunset Limited, the Golden State, and the Imperial.

After Southern Pacific ceased passenger operations upon Amtrak's start in 1971, the station housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum. The depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The structure was devastated in a May 1993 fire and was razed in the summer of 1994. It was delisted from the National Register in 2019. The location is now used for the Yuma Armed Forces Park.

Schedule

There are three weekly trains in each direction:

• Westbound Train #1/421 departs at 11:49 pm Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
• Eastbound Train #2/422 departs at 2:47 am Monday, Thursday and Sunday

Train #1 is the westbound New Orleans–Los Angeles Sunset Limited, while train #421 refers to the through coach and sleeper transferred from the Texas Eagle (Chicago–San Antonio) to the Sunset Limited in San Antonio.

Train #2 is the eastbound Sunset Limited, traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans, with a through coach and sleeper designated as Train #422, which is detached in San Antonio and transferred to the Chicago-bound Texas Eagle #22.

See also

• List of historic properties in Yuma, Arizona
• Southern Pacific Freight Depot (Yuma, Arizona) – also NRHP listed.
• Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Coach Car-S.P. X7 – also NRHP listed.
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yuma County, Arizona

External links

• Yuma, AZ – Amtrak
• Yuma, AZ – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Yuma Amtrak station information Archived August 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Yuma Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
• Armed Forces Park