Yuma station is an

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station at 281 South Gila Street in

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, United States.

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service is provided thrice-weekly in each direction by the ''

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'' and the ''

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'' over this portion of its route. The station's

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, which is adjacent to the station building site, are accessible through a short pedestrian tunnel. The former structure, the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, was built in 1926 by the

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. After SP ceased passenger operations upon Amtrak's start in 1971, the station housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum. The depot was listed in the

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in 1976. The structure was devastated in a May 1993 fire and was razed in the summer of 1994.

Schedule

There are three weekly trains in each direction:Sunset Limited Schedule effective March 10, 2013
(Retrieved September 3, 2013) * 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuma (Amtrak Station) Buildings and structures in Yuma, Arizona Amtrak stations in Arizona Transportation in Yuma County, Arizona