Santa Barbara station

Santa Barbara
Location 209 State Street
Santa Barbara, California 93101
United States
Owned by Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Barbara
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Thruway Motorcoach, MTD Downtown Shuttle
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code SBA
History
Opened 1902
Rebuilt 2000
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 322,410[1] Increase 5.9% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Seattle
Coast Starlight
toward Los Angeles
Pacific Surfliner
Southern Pacific Train Depot
Site of station in California
Location 209 State St., Santa Barbara, California
Coordinates 34°24′49″N 119°41′30″W / 34.41361°N 119.69167°W / 34.41361; -119.69167
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1905
Architect Wilson, Francis W.
Architectural style Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP Reference # 06000658[2]
Added to NRHP August 2, 2006

Santa Barbara is a passenger rail station in Santa Barbara, California, served by two Amtrak lines, the Coast Starlight and the Pacific Surfliner. The Coast Starlight runs once daily in each direction between Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington. The Pacific Surfliner trains serving this station run ten times daily (five in each direction) between San Diego, California and the Santa Barbara suburb of Goleta, with two of those running in each direction to/from San Luis Obispo further to the north. The station is fully staffed with ticketing and checked-baggage services. This Station is located in Santa Barbara County.

History

1910 postcard

The station was built in 1902 by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Spanish Mission Revival Style. Design work was by Santa Barbara architect Francis W. Wilson.[3] It is located within walking distance of Santa Barbara Harbor, Stearns Wharf and State Street, Santa Barbara's main thoroughfare. The historic depot was renovated in 2000; the project included the restoration of the ticket office and upgrades to the plumbing, electrical and heating and cooling systems.[4]

Due to the length of the platform, when Amtrak's Coast Starlight train is stopped, it blocks the two streets to the north and south of the depot.[5]

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Santa Barbara was the 15th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 834 passengers daily, and serving a total of 304,382 passengers in FY2012.[6]

The station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 2006.[2]

Platforms and tracks

Northbound ■ Coast Starlight toward Seattle (San Luis Obispo)
■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Luis Obispo (Goleta)
Southbound ■ Coast Starlight toward Los Angeles (Oxnard)
■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Diego-Union Station (Carpinteria)

References

  1. ↑ "2013 California Report" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ Starr, Kevin (1991). Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s. Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-19-507260-0.
  4. ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed February 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Train Web: Santa Barbara".
  6. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

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Coordinates: 34°24′50″N 119°41′27″W / 34.413938°N 119.690959°W / 34.413938; -119.690959

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