Merced station (California High-Speed Rail)

Merced
General information
Location	15th Street between O & R Streets Merced, California
Coordinates	37°18′07″N 120°29′28″W / 37.302024°N 120.491248°W / 37.302024; -120.491248
Owned by	California High-Speed Rail Authority
Line(s)	Union Pacific Fresno Subdivision, California High-Speed Rail
History
Opening	2030 (Amtrak and ACE) 2033 (CAHSR)
Future services
Preceding station Altamont Corridor Express Following station Livingston toward San Jose San Jose – Merced Terminus Livingston toward Union City Union City – Merced Livingston toward Natomas/​Sacramento Airport Valley Rail Preceding station Amtrak Following station Turlock–Denair toward Natomas/​Sacramento Airport, Oakland or Sacramento San Joaquins Terminus Preceding station California High-Speed Rail Following station Terminus Phase I Madera towards Los Angeles or Anaheim Gilroy towards San Francisco 4th and King Street Terminus
Route map v t e Legend Amtrak Altamont Corridor Express California High-Speed Rail

Merced station is a proposed California High-Speed Rail station in Merced, California, located in Downtown Merced. The originally proposed site was to have been located at ground level on Martin Luther King Jr. Way near the interchange with Route 99/59, placing it about 7 blocks south from the existing Merced Amtrak station. The station was initially intended to be the northern terminus of the system's Initial Construction Segment. An alternative location for a fully elevated station proposed by the City of Merced and other stakeholders, 8 blocks to the west-northwest along 15th Street, between O Street and R Street was approved after a supplemental environmental review. The high-speed rail line will run on the south side of the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way.^[1]

The station is north of the planned Chowchilla Wye, where the high-speed rail splits into two branches. Merced is on the eastern branch, which at the conclusion of Phase II will continue northwards to Sacramento.^[2]