Reno

135 Commercial
Reno, NV 89501
Location: Amtrak Station
Route: CZ, 20
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Amtrak's Reno Station is located at 135 East Commercial Row, right in the heart of downtown Reno, Nevada. This is a fully staffed station with an indoor waiting room, checked baggage service, restrooms, and payphones. The train station is located within walking distance (a few blocks) of many major downtown casino resorts, including Circus Circus, El Dorado, Fitzgeralds, Harrah's, and Silver Legacy.

Boomtown Casino Resort (west of Reno on I-80) offers a free hourly shuttle between its establishment and the downtown area that departs from the front of the National Bowling Stadium (around the corner, one block from the train station) every hour on the hour. Other major resorts such as the Atlantis, Peppermill, and Reno Hilton can be reached via a short ride on Citifare , the region's local bus transit system. The main Citifare facility where all the buses originate is located directly across the street from the train station, and these buses will take you anywhere in the region for $1.50. The University of Nevada -- Reno is located just one half mile north of the train station. It can be reached via Citifare route 7.

Taxis are also available in front of the train station, or ask the station agent how to rent a car from the local Hertz.

The Reno Station is served by Amtrak's once daily in-each-direction California Zephyr trains. The California Zephyr makes station stops west of Reno at Truckee, Colfax, Roseville, Sacramento, Davis, Martinez, with a final destination of Emeryville (San Francisco). To the east, the California Zephyr stops at Sparks, Winnemucca, Elko, Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, and Chicago (along with intermediate stations). The Reno Station is also served by four daily in-each-direction Amtrak California Thruway Motorcoaches, operating from Reno to the Sacramento, CA Amtrak Station where passengers can make dedicated connections to the Capitol Corridor trains to the Bay Area or the San Joaquin trains to California's central valley and southern California.

Key Holidays also operates special chartered Amtrak trains between the Bay Area and Reno during the winter months of February and March. Visit their website for more information.

The existing train depot was built in 1925 in the Mediterranean Revival style popular with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Three previous train stations stood on this site, the first built in 1869. It burned in the Reno fire of 1879. A second depot opened in 1889, and it burned down as well. A smaller depot replaced it until Southern Pacific took over Central Pacific and built the present depot, which Amtrak now uses for its daily trains and motorcoaches.

Thanks To JC Collins Martinez, CA. for this update, and to G. Araki for transit information.