Editing Colfax, California (section)

== Transportation ==
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to Colfax. The city's [[Colfax (Amtrak station)|passenger rail station]] is located at 99 Railroad Street in the heart of town. Amtrak Train 5, the westbound ''[[California Zephyr]]'', is scheduled to depart Colfax at 11:48&nbsp;a.m. daily with service to Roseville, [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], Davis, Martinez, and [[Emeryville, California|Emeryville]] across the bay from [[San Francisco]].  Amtrak Train 6, the eastbound ''California Zephyr'', is scheduled to depart Colfax at 12:21&nbsp;p.m. daily with service to Truckee, Reno, Sparks, Winnemucca, Elko, Salt Lake City, Provo, Helper, Green River, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Denver, Omaha, Galesburg, and [[Union Station (Chicago)|Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|title=California Zephyr Schedule|url=http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/1003/673/California-Zephyr-Schedule-050712,0.pdf |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=December 9, 2012}}</ref> A bronze statue of the town's namesake, Schuyler Colfax, stands near the depot at the Grass Valley Street railroad grade crossing.

[[Amtrak Thruway]] [[Amtrak Thruway#20|20]] provides a daily connection from [[Colfax station|Colfax Depot]] to [[Sacramento Valley Station]] to the west, and [[South Lake Tahoe, California|South Lake Tahoe]] to the east, with a few stops in between.<ref>https://amtraksanjoaquins.com/route20c/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

[[Placer County Transit]] provides weekday commuter service to/from [[Colfax station|Colfax Depot]] to/from Downtown Sacramento.<ref>https://placercountytransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Route60-Placer-Commuter-Express.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>

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File:East portal of Tunnel 34, view to south-southwest, 135mm lens with electronic flash fill. Note the shift, in these later tunnels east of Colfax, to concrete portal faces with HAER CAL,31-COLF.V,1-3.tif|East portal of Tunnel 34, Colfax, on the historic [[Central Pacific Railroad]]. 
File:Schuyler Colfax Statue.jpg|A statue of the town's namesake U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax stands near the railroad station in historic downtown Colfax.
File:Historic Stevens Trail CA.JPG|The historic Stevens Trail's trailhead is in Colfax
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