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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The station was originally built by the <a href="/facts/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad/uPdJQ7dQ">Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad</a> in 1881, and the current <a href="/facts/Station_building/Nh6xd7d3">station building</a> was constructed in 1940.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>Beginning in 1983, both the <i><a href="/facts/Desert_Wind/ThLfyJuX">Desert Wind</a></i> (with service from Chicago to <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a>) and the <i><a href="/facts/Pioneer_(train)/mejdsB1I">Pioneer</a></i> (with service from Chicago to <a href="/facts/Seattle/7lYIrCa6">Seattle</a>) previously stopped at the Helper station. Service by the <i>Pioneer</i> was dropped when that train was rerouted through <a href="/facts/Wyoming/kuKmWryL">Wyoming</a> in 1991 (the train was later discontinued altogether in 1997). Service by the <i>Desert Wind</i> ended when Amtrak discontinued that train in 1997 (at the same time as the <i>Pioneer</i> was discontinued). Also in 1997, the <a href="/facts/Green_River_(Amtrak_station)/0sY10L0e">Green River station</a> replaced the former station in <a href="/facts/Thompson_Springs%2c_Utah/wkQExgwR">Thompson Springs</a> as the next station to the east. </p> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <p> Media related to Helper station at Wikimedia Commons </p> <ul><li><a href="https://www.amtrak.com/stations/her">Helper, UT – Amtrak</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/HER">Helper, UT – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/helper.htm">Helper Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>As of 13 January 2014, the previous schedule continues with the westbound train (Route 5) scheduled to stop at 7:20 pm and the eastbound train (Route 6) scheduled to stop at 6:37 am.[3] <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Great American Stations: Helper, UT (HER)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved January 8, 2014. <a href="http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/HER" target="_blank">http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/HER</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Helper, UT (HER)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved August 22, 2013. <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=HER" target="_blank">http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=HER</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Great American Stations: Helper, UT (HER)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved January 8, 2014. <a href="http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/HER" target="_blank">http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/HER</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>