Emeryville (Amtrak station)

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Emeryville
Looking southward over Emeryville's Amtrak station
Station statistics
Address	5885 Horton Street Emeryville, CA 94608
Lines	California Zephyr      Capitol Corridor      Coast Starlight      San Joaquins
Other information
Accessible
Code	EMY
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008)	528,203 ▲ 9% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Terminus California Zephyr Martinez toward Chicago Oakland – Jack London Square toward San Jose Capitol Corridor Berkeley toward Auburn Oakland – Jack London Square toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight Martinez toward Seattle Oakland – Jack London Square Terminus San Joaquins Richmond toward Bakersfield

The Emeryville Amtrak station is an Amtrak station in Emeryville, California that replaced the older Amtrak 16th Street Station in Oakland. The original Beaux-Arts Oakland 16th Street Station was declared unsafe due to unreinforced masonry after sustaining damage in the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989.

The Emeryville station is served by Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor and San Joaquins and Amtrak's Coast Starlight. It is also the western terminus of Amtrak's California Zephyr, as there is no wye at Amtrak's new Oakland station near Jack London Square, and it would be dangerous to back a long train along Oakland's Embarcadero to the Union Pacific yards. Amtrak Thruway buses transport California Zephyr passengers between Emeryville and Oakland and San Francisco. The bus services Emery-Go-Round and AC Transit also stop at or near the station.

[edit] External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Emeryville, CA

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007
• Ridership figures, FY 2008

• Emeryville Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)

Coordinates: 37°50′26″N 122°17′33″W / 37.840682°N 122.292477°W / 37.840682; -122.292477