Goleta station is a passenger

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in the city of

Goleta, California Goleta ( ; ; Spanish for "schooner") is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated populated area in the county. As of the 200 ...

. It is served by the

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''; it is the northern terminal for three of those round trips. Trains terminating in Goleta are stored on a storage track adjacent to the station. The station is convenient for the Santa Barbara Airport and the

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. In , passengers boarded or detrained at Goleta station.

History

The original Goleta Depot, built in 1901, was moved to Lake Los Carneros County Park, half a mile northwest of the current location, in 1981. It is part of the South Coast Railroad Museum. Opened with a concrete platform and open-air shelter in 1998, the station gained a restroom facility in 2008 that was installed through the joint effort of the city, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Amtrak and the Santa Barbara Council of Governments. The station also received bike racks and a new bus turning circle. In 2018, the station was awarded a $13 million TIRCP grant to upgrade the station. As of 2024, the city of Goleta plans to build a new full-service multi-modal train station next to the existing station. The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) has announced plans for Metrolink service to/from

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to begin in Fall, 2025, starting with one daily trip in each direction.

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Amtrak stations in Santa Barbara County, California Goleta, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1998 {{California-railstation-stub