Helper station

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] The station is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and contains a passenger waiting area;[4] no services are provided (e.g., ticketing, checked baggage, etc.).[1]

Helper, UT
Entrance to the depot
General information
Location1 Depot Street
Helper, Utah
United States
Coordinates39°41′02″N 110°51′14″W
Owned byUnion Pacific Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking5 long term spaces,
5 short term spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: HER
History
Opened1881 (1881)
Rebuilt1940
Passengers
FY 20221,524[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Provo
toward Emeryville
 California Zephyr Green River
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Provo
toward Emeryville
 California Zephyr Thompson
Closed in 1997
toward Chicago
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
Helper, UT is located in Utah
Helper, UT
Helper, UT
Location of Helper station within Utah

History

The station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1881, and the current station building was constructed in 1940.[4]

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.

  • Union Pacific freight train passes Helper station
    Union Pacific freight train passes Helper station
  • Helper station sign
    Helper station sign
  • Helper station trackside view
    Helper station trackside view


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.[3]

References
  1. "Helper, UT (HER)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 22 Aug 2013.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Utah" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. "California Zephyr" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 13 Jan 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.
  4. "Great American Stations: Helper, UT (HER)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 8 Jan 2014.

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