In the late 1980s, the state of California decided to make significant investments in intercity passenger rail. With a service area that spans eight northern counties, the Capitol Corridor was…
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The modern Simi Valley station is a platform with small shelters, shared with Metrolink on its Ventura County commuter train line. The presence of thread-like clouds that sometimes may be…
The Pacific Surfliner between San Luis Obispo and San Diego is among the most popular Amtrak routes and Solana Beach is one of California’s busiest Amtrak stations. The town sits…
The Stockton-Cabral Station is located on the eastern edge of the downtown and is easily accessible via Miner or Weber Avenues. It consists of a concrete platform with shelters to…
Customers traveling on the San Joaquins between Oakland and Bakersfield use the San Joaquin Street station; San Joaquins operating between Sacramento and Bakersfield stop at the Cabral Station located to…
As its name indicates, the Suisun-Fairfield station serves both of its namesake communities, although the building sits just inside the border of Suisun City. Located at the head of Main…
The Truckee train station was built in 1900 by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) after the original depot, built in 1869, burned down. Using local pine lumber, the basic design…
The modern glass-and-concrete Van Nuys station, designed by LPA Architects, is an intermodal facility shared with Metrolink commuter trains, local buses and taxis. The station was opened and dedicated on…
The Ventura station, constructed in 1992, consists of a concrete platform with modest open-air shelters that protect passengers from inclement weather. This stop is located south of downtown and abuts…
The Victorville station consists of a platform located southeast of the Victor Valley Transportation Center. Amtrak service to the town began in 1990 and has continued since 1994 with the…
Amtrak established the Great American Stations Project in 2006 to educate communities on the benefits of redeveloping train stations, offer tools to community leaders to preserve their stations, and provide the appropriate Amtrak resources.
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