Fullerton Transportation Center

Fullerton
Station statistics
Address	Santa Fe Depot: 120 East Santa Fe Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832 Union Pacific Depot: 110 East Santa Fe Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832
Coordinates	33.868612°N 117.9223°W / 33.868612; -117.9223
Lines	Amtrak:   Pacific Surfliner   Southwest Chief Metrolink:   Orange County Line   91 Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Parking	250 spaces
Other information
Opened	1930
Rebuilt	1993
Accessible
Owned by	City of Fullerton
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	436,383  6% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Los Angeles toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Anaheim toward San Diego Los Angeles Terminus Southwest Chief Riverside toward Chicago Metrolink Buena Park toward L.A. Union Station Orange County Line Anaheim toward Oceanside Buena Park toward L.A. Union Station 91 Line West Corona toward Riverside–Downtown     Former services     Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Los Angeles Terminus Main Line Via Fullerton, Riverside Placentia toward Chicago Dearborn Station Corona Major stations toward Chicago Dearborn Station Surf Line Anaheim toward San Diego
Location

Fullerton Union Pacific Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	100 E. Santa Fe Ave., Fullerton, California
Area:	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Architectural style:	Mission/spanish Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	83003551
Added to NRHP:	October 12, 1983

The Fullerton Transportation Center is a passenger rail and bus station located in Fullerton, California, United States. It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and Southwest Chief trains, and Metrolink's 91 Line and Orange County Line trains. It is also a major bus depot for the Orange County Transportation Authority, and is one of the major transportation hubs of Orange County.

The station has two historic depots on site: one built in 1923 by the Union Pacific Railroad and the other built in 1930 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Both depots are on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Santa Fe depot serves as an Amtrak ticket office and passenger waiting area and has a cafe.

The Union Pacific Railroad was the third railway to lay tracks through Fullerton and to build a depot. This helped firmly establish Fullerton as the regional rail center for northern Orange County.^{[citation needed]} Fullerton's redevelopment agency moved the Mission Revival-style building next to the Santa Fe depot in 1980 to preserve it, and today it is occupied by an Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant.

In the late 1990s the Fullerton Railway Plaza Association (FRPA) began fundraising and lobbying for the creation of an interactive railroad attraction or museum at the site, while continuing preservation efforts. Starting in 1999 the Amtrak station and the FRPA were hosts for the annual "Fullerton Railroad Days" event at the Santa Fe depot, an event that attracted between 30,000 to 40,000 participants.^{[citation needed]} Due to the city not supporting the FRPA museum,^{[citation needed]} Railroad Days was not held in 2009 and FRPA looked elsewhere, choosing to hold its 2010 event in neighboring Brea. The organization subsequently changed its named to the Southern California Railway Plaza Association (SCRPA).^{[citation needed]}

Numerous trains stop each day at Fullerton, as the station is served by Amtrak's popular Pacific Surfliner service, as well as two Metrolink commuter lines. Amtrak's long-distance Southwest Chief also stops once daily in each direction, but only to discharge westbound or board eastbound passengers.

External links

Media related to Fullerton Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Fullerton, CA
• Metrolink – Fullerton
• Fullerton Transportation Center page at the City of Fullerton official website