'''Indio''' is a former and future train station in [[Indio, California]].
Rail service began in 1876 by the [[Southern Pacific]]. The station was a stop on the transcontinental ''[[Sunset Limited]]'',;<ref>{{cite book |title=Passenger Train Schedules |date=June 3, 1966 |publisher=Southern Pacific |url=https://streamlinermemories.info/SP/SP66-6CTT.pdf |via= Streamliner Memories}}</ref> and that service was commuted to [[Amtrak]] in 1971. The ''Eagle'' (later ''[[Texas Eagle]]'') started serving the city with that line's commencement.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UycxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3725,4457684&dq=inter-american+amtrak&hl=en |title=Amtrak To Eliminate Unprofitable Routes |date=August 26, 1981 |access-date=2010-08-06 |newspaper=[[Toledo Blade]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19811025&item=0047 |title=National Train Timetables |last=Amtrak |date=October 25, 1981 |access-date=2010-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/17/travel/l-no-headline-174373.html |title=No headline |last=Versaggi |first=Joe M. |date=January 17, 1982 |access-date=2010-08-08 |newspaper=[[New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19820425&item=0041 |title=National Train Timetables |last=Amtrak |date=April 25, 1982 |access-date=2010-08-08}}</ref> Indio continued to see service until October 1998 at the latest.<ref name=May1998Timetable>{{cite book |title=Amtrak National Timetable |date=May 17, 1998 |publisher=Amtrak |page=44 |url=http://www.timetables.org/browse/?group=19980517n&st=0001 |via=The Museum of Railway Timetables}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Amtrak National Timetable |date=October 25, 1998 |publisher=Amtrak |page=44 |url=http://www.timetables.org/browse/?group=19981025n&st=0001 |via=The Museum of Railway Timetables}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Predicting Amtrak’s Return to Indio |url=https://www.lowe-down.org/predicting-amtraks-return-to-indio/ |accessdate=6 June 2020 |agency=Lowe Institute |publisher=[[Claremont McKenna College]] |date=November 26, 2019}}</ref> On the south side of the tracks is the Indio Bus Station, served by [[Greyhound Lines]]<ref name="ApproveStudy">{{cite news |last1=Newell |first1=Shane |title=Indio approves transportation center feasibility study, hoping to qualify for funding |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/indio/2020/02/05/indio-greyhound-station-revitalization/4661466002/ |accessdate=6 June 2020 |agency=Palm Springs Desert Sun |publisher=USA Today |date=5 February 2020}}</ref> and [[Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach]].
The [[Riverside County Transportation Commission]] was awarded $8.6 million in 2019 to construct a temporary platform to reestablish limited service to the city during major festivals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coachella train: Amtrak service from DTLA to festival could be ready by 2020 |url=https://abc7.com/coachella-amtrak-service-train/5180645/ |accessdate=6 June 2020 |agency=KABC |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=March 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Train Stop Coming to Indio |url=https://www.indio.org/news/displaynews.htm?NewsID=652&TargetID=48,49,1 |publisher=City of Indio |accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref> A new platform is planned to be constructed by April 2021 to allow transportation options for the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]].<ref name="ApproveStudy" /> The organization is also investigating the possibility of reinstating normal passenger service from Los Angeles to Indio.<ref name="ApproveStudy" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Coachella Valley San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Study Tier 2 Environmental Impact Report and Conceptual Engineering Development Report |url=https://calsta.ca.gov/-/media/calsta-media/documents/rctc-coachella-valley-tier-2-eir-and-conceptual-engineering-study.pdf |publisher=Riverside County Transportation Commission |accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref>
