Fullerton Transportation Center

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Fullerton
Amtrak and Metrolink commuter rail station
Fullerton Station.jpg
Fullerton Train Station, trackside
Station statistics
Address 120 East Santa Fe Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832
Coordinates 33°52′07″N 117°55′20″W / 33.868612°N 117.9223°W / 33.868612; -117.9223Coordinates: 33°52′07″N 117°55′20″W / 33.868612°N 117.9223°W / 33.868612; -117.9223
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Parking 250 spaces
Other information
Opened 1923(UP)
1930(AT&SF)
Rebuilt 1993
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code Amtrak code:FUL
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 310,694[1] Decrease 29% (Amtrak)
Services
Amtrak
Pacific Surfliner
toward San Diego
Terminus
 Southwest Chief
toward Chicago
Metrolink
91 Line
Orange County Line
toward Oceanside
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Terminus
 Main Line
Major stations
Surf Line
toward San Diego
Location
Location of the Fullerton Train Station.
Location of the Fullerton Train Station.
Santa Fe Railway Passenger and Freight Depot (Fullerton, California)
Location: 140 East Santa Fe Avenue,
Fullerton, California
Area: 1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built: 1930
Architectural style: Mission/spanish Revival
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 91002031[2]
Added to NRHP: February 5, 1992
Fullerton Union Pacific Depot
Location: 100 East Santa Fe Avenue,
Fullerton, California
Area: 0.8 acres (0.3 ha)
Built: 1923
Architectural style: Mission/spanish Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 83003551[2]
Added to NRHP: October 12, 1983

The Fullerton Transportation Center[3][4] 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.[3][better source needed]

The station has two historic depots on site: one built in 1923 by the Union Pacific Railroad,[5] and the other built in 1930 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[6] Both depots are on the National Register of Historic Places.[5][6]

The Santa Fe depot serves as an Amtrak ticket office and passenger waiting area and has a cafe. It features Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture, as evidenced by the stuccoed walls, red tile roof and decorative wrought ironwork.[7]

The Union Pacific Railroad was the third railway to lay tracks through Fullerton and to build a depot.[8] 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,[5] and today it is occupied by an Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant.[9]

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,[10] 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.[11] 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.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Fullerton, CA (FUL)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 27 November 2012. 
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. 
  3. ^ a b http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/visitors/downtown_fullerton/transportation_center.asp
  4. ^ http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=FUL
  5. ^ a b c http://www.fullertonheritage.org/Views_Tours/National_Register/updepot.htm
  6. ^ a b http://www.fullertonheritage.org/Views_Tours/National_Register/santafe.htm
  7. ^ Great American Stations. Accessed February 7, 2013.
  8. ^ http://www.trainweb.com/fullerton/history.html
  9. ^ http://www.trainweb.com/fullerton/index.html
  10. ^ Southern California Railway Plaza Association http://www.scrpa.net/
  11. ^ "Railroad Days" event http://www.scrpa.net/scrrdays.htm

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