Saugus station is a former

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. It provided the community of

Saugus, California Saugus is a neighborhood in Santa Clarita, California. It was one of four communities (with Valencia, Newhall and Canyon Country) that merged in 1987 to create the city of Santa Clarita. Saugus includes the central and north-central portions ...

rail service via the

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until 1979 when it was acquired by the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society. The

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was moved to its current location in William S.Hart Park in the Newhall neighborhood and was converted to a museum.

History

The station was located in Saugus, and opened by the

on September1, 1887 when the

Santa Paula Branch Line The Santa Paula Branch Line is a railway corridor in Ventura County, California. It connects Saugus and Santa Paula through the Santa Clara River Valley, though the route east of Piru is out of service. It opened for traffic by the Southern Pa ...

was completed. The station provided an interchange between the railroad's three lines: the Santa Paula on to the

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, the

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line on to Mojave, and the Valley line south to Los Angeles. The Saugus Cafe was founded in a building attached to the station. Passenger service ended with the discontinuation of the ''

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'' on April30, 1971. Freight service to Saugus ended in 1979, with the station building abandoned the previous November. The depot was acquired by the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society and was moved to the William S.Hart Park on June24, 1980.

In popular culture

* The station has appeared in film and television spots, including: '' The Pilgrim'', '' Suddenly'', and '' The Grifters''.

Notes

References

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