Claremont (Metrolink station)

Claremont
Metrolink commuter rail station

Trackside at Claremont Metrolink station.
Location 110 West 1st Street
Claremont, California
Coordinates 34°05′39″N 117°43′00″W / 34.0941°N 117.7168°WCoordinates: 34°05′39″N 117°43′00″W / 34.0941°N 117.7168°W
Line(s)

Metrolink

Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
History
Opened 1927
Services
Preceding station     Following station
San Bernardino Line
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station
Location Claremont, California
Coordinates 34°5′38.76″N 117°43′0.48″W / 34.0941000°N 117.7168000°W
Built 1927
Architect Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and Sumner Sellit Co.
Architectural style Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 82002188
Added to NRHP July 15, 1982

Claremont Metrolink Station is a passenger rail station in Claremont, California. It is served by Metrolink's San Bernardino Line which runs from Los Angeles Union Station to San Bernardino, with some trains continuing to Riverside on weekends. The Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival style station is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station.

This station is one of the few Metrolink stations that utilizes an existing older depot. The depot was built in 1927 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The station was listed in the National Register because of its architecture.[1] The station is staffed by Foothill Transit and sells bus passes and rail tickets.[2]

Platforms and tracks

Westbound ■San Bernardino Line toward L.A. Union Station (Pomona-North)
Eastbound ■San Bernardino Line toward San Bernardino (Montclair)

Connecting services

The station is designated the "Claremont TransCenter" in Foothill Transit literature, and serves lines 187, 189, 197, 292, 480, 492, and the 690 Express to Downtown Los Angeles.
The station is also served by Amtrak California Thruway Motorcoach route 19, with connections to the San Joaquins in Bakersfield.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  2. ↑ "Foothill Transit Store - Claremont". Communityseniorservices.com. Retrieved 2011-08-28.

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