Granby station

Granby station is a train station in Granby, Colorado. It is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.^{[Note 1]} Despite its antiquated appearance and structure (the station is made of wood), the station was built in 1987.

Location438 Railroad Avenue
Granby, Colorado^[1]
United States

Coordinates40.0841°N 105.9355°W / 40.0841; -105.9355

OwnerUnion Pacific Railroad & Town of Granby

LineMoffat Tunnel Subdivision

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Granby, CO
Granby station.
General information
Location	438 Railroad Avenue Granby, Colorado[1] United States
Coordinates	40.0841°N 105.9355°W / 40.0841; -105.9355
Owner	Union Pacific Railroad & Town of Granby
Line	Moffat Tunnel Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: GRA
History
Opened	1987
Passengers
FY 2025	3,682[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Glenwood Springs toward Emeryville California Zephyr Fraser–Winter Park toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Glenwood Springs toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Fraser–Winter Park toward Chicago Glenwood Springs toward Seattle Pioneer Before 1991 reroute Preceding station Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Following station Hot Sulphur Springs toward Ogden Moffat Tunnel Route Tabermash toward Denver
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Avalanche Car Rentals offers rental SUVs that can be booked for pickup at Granby Station, though the vehicles cannot be driven out of Grand County.

Under the Mountain Rail plan, Granby will be the initial terminus of a new state-supported Amtrak route from Denver, with intermediate stops at Fraser and Winter Park Resort. As of August 2026, service is planned to begin in November 2026, with one daily round trip. In the future, service is planned to expand to three daily round trips, with service extending west to Craig in the Yampa Valley.

Granby is proposed as a station for accessing Rocky Mountain National Park by train.^[3] However, while the train ride (from the Denver side) provides impressive views, the station itself lies 16 miles (26 km) from the park, without public transportation connections. In June 2026, the transit agency of Winter Park, the Lift, began operating the ROX Gold Line, a free bus route from Granby Amtrak Station to Grand Lake, the western gateway town of Rocky Mountain National Park. From Grand Lake, however, there are no public shuttle buses operating into the park, only a handful of private guided tours. When planning the ROX Gold Line, Grand County Commissioners discussed extending the route to serve the park directly. Instead, it is proposed that the town of Grand Lake operate a separate seasonal shuttle into the park.