It is served by Amtrak's California Zephyr, which runs between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area[4] and is an overnight stop on Rocky Mountaineer's Rockies To Red Rocks luxury train service between Denver Colorado and Moab Utah.

The Glenwood Springs station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) in 1904, and sits close to the southern bank of the Colorado River.

On October 28, 1979, Amtrak initiated the Desert Wind service between Chicago and Los Angeles.

[6] The station and the town feature in an episode of the BBC television series Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin.

[8] Media related to Glenwood Springs (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons