Oakland–Jack London Square station

Oakland – Jack London Square
Jack London Square station with a Capitol Corridor train in 2020
General information
Other names	Oakland – Jack London Square / C. L. Dellums Station
Location	245 2nd Street Oakland, California United States
Coordinates	37°47′37″N 122°16′17″W
Owned by	Port of Oakland
Line(s)	UP Niles Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	AC Transit: 12, Broadway Shuttle Amtrak Thruway: 17, 99 San Francisco Bay Ferry (at Oakland Ferry Terminal)
Construction
Parking	500 short term, 500 long term
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: OKJ
History
Opened	May 22, 1995
Passengers
FY 2023	199,354 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Oakland Coliseum toward San Jose Capitol Corridor Emeryville toward Auburn San Jose toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight Emeryville toward Seattle Terminus San Joaquins Emeryville toward Bakersfield
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus California Zephyr (1995–1997) Emeryville toward Chicago Closed Oakland–1st Street Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Oakland Pier Terminus Oakland – San Jose (ended 1960) Fruitvale toward San Jose
Location

Oakland – Jack London Square station is a train station in Jack London Square of Oakland, California, United States. The station is served by Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, Coast Starlight, and San Joaquins trains. Through Amtrak Thruway buses, this station is one of two that serves San Francisco, the other being Emeryville.

It is officially named Oakland – Jack London Square / C. L. Dellums Station after C. L. Dellums, co-founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Oakland was the tenth-busiest in FY2012, boarding or de-training an average of about 1,142 passengers daily.

History

Interior of Jack London Square station, October 2018

The station opened on May 22, 1995, as a replacement for 16th Street Station, which had been severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. A building next to the old station was used as the temporary stop until August 5, 1994. Southern Pacific's downtown station on the north side of 1st Street between Franklin Street and Broadway was a passenger stop until Oakland–San Jose service ended in 1960.

With its opening, Jack London Square inherited 16th Street Station's longtime role as the western terminus for the California Zephyr. Nearby Emeryville had temporarily been the western terminus from 1994 to 1995. Due to the station's location, westbound trains had to execute a reverse move along street running tracks to reach the wye at West Oakland. For this reason, the Zephyr was cut back to Emeryville in 1997.

The station's official name is "Oakland – Jack London Square / C. L. Dellums Station," named for the surrounding Jack London Square area, itself named after writer Jack London, and for C. L. Dellums, a longtime Oakland resident and the co-founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; a statue of Dellums stands outside the station.

The station is owned by the Port of Oakland. The tracks along 1st Street are owned by Union Pacific Railroad.

Platforms and tracks

A San Joaquin train at the station in July 2017

1-2	■ Capitol Corridor	toward Auburn (Emeryville)
	■ Capitol Corridor	toward San Jose (Oakland Coliseum)
	■ Coast Starlight	toward Seattle (Emeryville)
	■ Coast Starlight	toward Los Angeles (San Jose)
	■ San Joaquin	toward Bakersfield (Emeryville)
3	■ Freight line	No passenger service

Connections

Jack London Square station is served by AC Transit's route 12 which provides daily service between Downtown Oakland and West Berkeley.

The station is the western terminus for the City of Oakland's Broadway Shuttle, a free route on Broadway between Jack London Square and Grand Avenue. Shuttles are operated by AC Transit and operate only on weekdays.

Most Amtrak Thruway buses to and from San Francisco connect at Emeryville, as Jack London Square is further from the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. However, Oakland is the San Francisco connection point for passengers on the southern half of the Coast Starlight, as well as for some Thruway buses that run along the coast to Southern California.

The station is about 0.6 miles (918 m) from the Oakland Ferry Terminal served by the San Francisco Bay Ferry to San Francisco and South San Francisco.

External links

• Oakland, CA–Jack London Square – Amtrak
• Oakland, CA–Jack London Square – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Oakland–Jack London Square – Capitol Corridor