Editing La Junta, Colorado (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[Image:Lajuntatrain.jpg|thumb|right|This [[railroad]] [[caboose]] serves as the drive-up window for The State Bank.]]

===Transportation===
{{see also|La Junta (Amtrak station)}}
The [[Southwest Chief]] provides Amtrak passenger rail service to the community.

La Junta, until recently, had a railroad yard for assembling freight trains for the climb over [[Raton Pass]]. BNSF runs freight trains between Denver and Kansas/Texas via La Junta.  The sole remaining major train crossing Raton Pass today is the daily [[Southwest Chief]], in both directions, between Los Angeles and Chicago.

[[U.S. Route 50 in Colorado|U.S. Highway 50]] travels through La Junta, approaching from [[Pueblo, Colorado|Pueblo]] to the northwest and continuing eastward towards [[Lamar, Colorado|Lamar]] and into [[Kansas]]. [[U.S. Highway 350]] begins at La Junta and travels southwest before reaching [[Trinidad, Colorado|Trinidad]]. [[Colorado State Highway 10|State Highway 10]] also begins at La Junta and travels west-southwest before reaching [[Walsenburg, Colorado|Walsenburg]].

The city operates a public bus system with one route that circles the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transit Brochure |url=http://www.ci.la-junta.co.us/Forms/Misc/transitbrochure.pdf |publisher=City of La Junta}}</ref> Intercity transportation is provided by [[Bustang]]. La Junta is part of the Lamar-Pueblo-Colorado Springs Outrider line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bustang Schedulse |url=https://ridebustang.com/schedules/ |website=RideBustang |publisher=CDOT}}</ref>

The former military airport, located {{convert|5|mi|km}} north of La Junta, has {{convert|77|acre|ha}} of tarmac and two runways. One runway (east-west) is {{convert|6851|ft|m}} long and the other is {{convert|5800|ft|m}}. [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/la-junta.htm].

===Health care===
The city and region are served by the [[Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center]], located in La Junta.