Salinas station, also known as the Salinas Intermodal Transportation Center, is an intermodal transit center in downtown

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, United States. As a transit hub, the facility is a passenger rail station and bus station.

Services

The station is a stop on the ''

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'' from

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moved its Salinas station to the property in 2015. The Transportation Agency for Monterey County's planned Monterey County Rail Extension would see expanded

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commuter rail service from the station to the

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by 2025, with long-term plans to extend

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's ''

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'' as well. The station grounds were remodeled in 2021 to prepare for increased services; traffic circulation was improved by extending Lincoln Avenue to the station.

Monterey–Salinas Transit Monterey–Salinas Transit (MST) is a bus service operating in Monterey County, California. Service is primarily to the greater Monterey and Salinas areas, but extends as far south as Paso Robles and Big Sur and as far north as Watsonville and S ...

local bus service will move from the Salinas Transit Center a few blocks away to the expanded station.

Design

The depot, constructed in 1941 by the

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, exhibits a pared down Spanish Revival style as influenced by the then-popular

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movement. Spanish Revival elements include the red tile roof and

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ed walls, while the Art Deco influence is visible in the rectilinear composition and clean lines.Great American Stations
Accessed February 19, 2013. Southbound Coast Starlight at Salinas station, October 2021.jpg, The ''Coast Starlight'' at Salinas California Welcome Center Salinas (former freight house), October 2021.jpg, The 1880s-built freight house, now a welcome center Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad Museum, October 2021.jpg, The former Railway Express Agency building, now the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad Museum

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{{Amtrak California stations Railway stations in Monterey County, California Amtrak stations in California Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872 Spanish Revival architecture in California 1872 establishments in California Future Caltrain stations