Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center
Santa Ana station, 2008
General information
Location	1000 E. Santa Ana Blvd Santa Ana, California 92701
Coordinates	33°45′06″N 117°51′23″W
Owned by	City of Santa Ana
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Train operators	Metrolink and Amtrak
Connections	Greyhound, OCTA
Construction
Parking	315 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Architect	The Blurock Partnership
Architectural style	Mediterranean Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival
Other information
Station code	SNA
History
Opened	1985
Passengers
2017	194,581  1.49% (Amtrak)
Services
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Location Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Location within the Los Angeles metropolitan area

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is a passenger rail station and transportation center in Santa Ana, California. It is used by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink's Orange County Line and Inland Empire-Orange County Line trains. It is also a Greyhound station and a hub for the Orange County Transportation Authority bus system as well as a terminal for several Mexican bus tour companies.

When the station opened on September 7, 1985, it was the largest new rail station built in the United States since the completion of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal circa 1955. The center was erected on the site of a former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway combination depot that had been constructed in 1939 and closed in 1982. The station, which cost approximately $17 million, was funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, California Department of Transportation, and city.

The station was designed by the Blurock Partnership architectural firm in the Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival architectural styles to complement the region’s older buildings. Features include red barrel roof tiles, arcades, colonnades, exterior walls finished to resemble stucco, and the extensive use of painted tiles for decoration.

The last scene in the movie Rain Man was filmed at the station. Its exterior and interior appeared in the second season of True Detective in 2015.

In FY2010 Santa Ana was the 22nd-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 420 passengers daily.

Layout

Track 1 (northbound)	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Luis Obispo (Anaheim)
	■ Inland Empire–Orange County Line	toward San Bernardino-Downtown (Orange)
	■ Orange County Line	toward L.A. Union Station (Orange)
Track 2 (southbound)	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Diego Union Station (Irvine)
	■ Inland Empire–Orange County Line	toward Oceanside (Tustin)
	■ Orange County Line	toward Oceanside (Tustin)

Pedestrian bridge linking northbound Track 1 to The Depot and Track 2.

Future service

Main article: Orange County Streetcar

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is the planned eastern terminus of the Orange County Streetcar, a 4 miles (6.4 km) streetcar line to Garden Grove that as of 2016 is being designed and is scheduled to open in 2020.

References

• Gustafson, Lee and Phil Serpico (1974). Santa Fe Coast Lines Depots: Los Angeles Division. Omni Publications, Palmdale, CA. ISBN 0-88418-003-4.
• Internet Movie Database

External links

• Santa Ana – Metrolink
• Amtrak Station Info Page
• DOT profile of Santa Ana Station
• Santa Ana Amtrak-Metrolink Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
• Orange County Transportation Authority
• Santa Ana (SNA)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)