{{Short description|Train station in Elko, Nevada}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox station | style=Amtrak | name=Elko, NV | logo= | logo_size= | image=Elko station June 2024 05.jpg | image_caption=Elko's eastbound passenger platform | address=1300 Water Street<br />(westbound)<br />1301 Sharps Access Road<br />(eastbound)<br />Elko, Nevada 89801<ref name="ELK">{{cite web|url=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=ELK#|title=Elko, NV (ELK)|publisher=Amtrak|accessdate=August 22, 2013}}</ref> | country=United States | coordinates={{coord|40.8364|-115.7502|type:railwaystation_region:US-NV|display=inline,title}} | line=Elko Subdivision | other= | platform=2 side platforms | tracks=2 | structure=At-grade | parking=20 long term spaces<ref name="ELK"/> | bicycle= | mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Elko}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationNV}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}} | opened=1984 | rebuilt= | accessible=Yes | code= {{Amtrak code|ELK}} | owned=Union Pacific Railroad<ref name="GAS-ELK"/> | zone= | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=California Zephyr|left=Winnemucca|right=Salt Lake City}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible=yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Western Pacific Railroad |line1=California Zephyr|left1=Winnemucca|right1=Wendover |line2=Feather River Route|left2=Carlin|right2=Halleck |system3=Southern Pacific Railroad |line3=Overland Route|left3=Palisade|right3=Cobre}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|Amtrak}} }}

'''Elko station''' is a train station in Elko, Nevada. It is served by Amtrak's ''California Zephyr''.{{refn|group="Note"|As of January 1, 2020, the westbound train (Route 5) is scheduled to stop at 3:03 am and the eastbound train (Route 6) is scheduled to stop at 9:31 pm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/California-Zephyr-Schedule-072017.pdf|title=''California Zephyr''|publisher=Amtrak|page=2|date=July 20, 2017|accessdate=January 1, 2020}}</ref>}}

The westbound platform is accessed from Water Street via 11th Street and the eastbound platform is accessed from Sharp Access Road via 12th Street (Water Street cannot be accessed directly from 12th Street). The station is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and contains two enclosed shelters on two platforms, one on each side of the pair of tracks for each direction of travel. There are no services provided at the station (e.g., ticketing, restrooms, lounge, etc.).<ref name="GAS-ELK">{{cite web|url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/ELK/Station_view|title=Revitalizing America's Train Stations: Elko, NV (ELK)|publisher=Amtrak|accessdate=August 22, 2013}}</ref>

==History==

Elko was originally served by two train depots along two separate lines that ran through the downtown area.<ref name="RGJ-1984">{{cite news |last=Hanna |first=Stephanie |date=September 24, 1984 |title=Elko businesses glad railroad project over |page=2B |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-elko-businesses-gla/159842881/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 26, 2024}}</ref> As the two lines were operated in a directional running setup, westbound trains used the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) depot at 684 Railroad Street and eastbound trains used the Western Pacific Railroad (WP) depot at the corner of 3rd Street and Silver Street.<ref name=trainwebelko/> The federal government funded a $43.5&nbsp;million project to relocate the railroads to a grade-separated corridor along the Humboldt River, which was also rechanneled. The {{convert|2.8|mi|km|adj=mid}} railroad corridor<ref>{{cite news |last=McMillan |first=Doug |date=November 13, 1983 |title=Elko: finally on the right side of the tracks |page=7C |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-elko-finally-on-th/159808087/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 26, 2024}}</ref> was opened in October 1983 and the Amtrak station was relocated to serve the new tracks.<ref name="RGJ-1984"/><ref>{{cite news |last=McMillan |first=Doug |date=September 11, 1983 |title=Elko: where you never need worry about catching a train |page=1C |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nevada-state-journal-elko-where-you-nev/159842865/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 26, 2024}}</ref> The current shelters became the Amtrak depots by 1984.<ref name=trainwebelko>{{cite web |url = http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/elko.htm |title = Trainweb - Elko |publisher = American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation |accessdate = March 13, 2017}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commonscat-inline|Elko (Amtrak station)}} {{Amtrak web|ELK|Elko, NV}} *[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/elko.htm Elko Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide - TrainWeb)] *Amtrak Photo Archive: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928002232/http://www.hebners.net/amtrak/amtStationE/ElkoStation16Jan06L.jpg Current Appearance] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001019/http://www.hebners.net/amtrak/amtStationE/ElkoNV.jpg Older Picture]

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