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San Luis Obispo station is an
The present
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...
intercity rail station in the city of San Luis Obispo, California, United States. It is the northern terminus of two daily round trips of the ''Pacific Surfliner
The ''Pacific Surfliner'' is a passenger train service serving the communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo.
The service carried 2,924,117 passengers during fiscal year 2016, a 3.4% increase from F ...
'' and is served by the daily ''Coast Starlight
The ''Coast Starlight'' is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States between Seattle and Los Angeles via Portland and the San Francisco Bay Area. The train, which has operated continuously since Amtrak's format ...
''. It has one side platform
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and one island platform
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serving the two tracks of the Coast Line.
History
The present Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
In th ...
style depot was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad and opened on September 5, 1943. It replaced the original SP depot, located just south of the current one, which opened on May 4, 1894. After the present depot opened, the former depot was then used for freight until it was shuttered in 1968. It was demolished to make room for a parking lot in 1971.
For most of Amtrak's first three decades, the station was only served by the ''Coast Starlight,'' which ran southbound in the afternoon and northbound in mid-morning. In 1995, Amtrak and CalTrans extended the '' San Diegan'' all the way to San Luis Obispo. That route had long been a Los Angeles–San Diego service, but had been extended up the Central Coast to provide that region with additional service to Los Angeles. The ''San Diegan'' was rebranded as the ''Pacific Surfliner'' five years later.
The station has room for a single Surfliner passenger train adjacent to the station to hold overnight for a morning departure from San Luis Obispo. The Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency is planning an expanded facility on the Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pac ...
property just south of the station. This property still contains the foundation of the Southern Pacific roundhouse and the pit where the turntable resided until 1994. The proposed layout of the CCLF would require destruction of most of these historic landmarks, and prevent the future rebuilding of the railroad facility for historic and public use. The proposed additional storage and maintenance capacity will also allow a second train to layover and provide for future expansion of service.
See also
*City of San Luis Obispo Historic Resources The City of San Luis Obispo Historic Resources consists of buildings and sites designated by the City of San Luis Obispo, California, as historic resources.
A map displaying the locations of San Luis Obispo's designated historic resources can be v ...
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Amtrak stations in San Luis Obispo County, California Buildings and structures in San Luis Obispo, California Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1894 Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California 1894 establishments in California {{California-railstation-stub