Goleta station

Goleta station is a passenger rail station in the city of Goleta, California. It is served by five daily round trips of the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; 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.

Goleta, CA
Goleta station in January 2002
General information
Location25 South La Patera Lane
Goleta, California
United States
Coordinates34.4377°N 119.8431°W / 34.4377; -119.8431
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)UP Coast Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed, platform with shelters
Station codeAmtrak: GTA
History
OpenedSeptember 20, 1998 (September 20, 1998)
Passengers
FY 202252,365[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Lompoc–Surf
toward San Luis Obispo
 Pacific Surfliner Santa Barbara
toward San Diego
     Coast Starlight does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Jalama
toward San Francisco
 Coast Line Samarkand
toward Los Angeles
Location

History

The original depot, built in 1901, was moved to Lake Los Carneros County Park, half a mile northwest of the current location, in 1981 and currently serves as the home of the South Coast Railroad Museum.

Opened with a concrete platform and open-air shelter in 1998,[2] 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.[3]

In 2018, the station was awarded a $13 million TIRCP grant to upgrade the station.[4][5][6][7][8]

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. "San Diegan Trains Now Stop in Goleta". Los Angeles Times. September 20, 1998. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  3. "Goleta, CA (GTA)". Greatamericanstations.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  4. "Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2018 Awards" (PDF). Dot.ca.gov. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  5. "SBCAG Receives $22 Million in Rail & Transit Funding". Edhat.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  6. "Request to Discuss Goleta Amtrak Platform Needs at the SBCAG South Coast Subregional Planning Committee on April 5, 2017". Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  7. Buckley, Amelia (February 10, 2019). "Goleta Unfolds New Train Station Project". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  8. Orozco, Lance (August 6, 2020). "New Train Depot Project On South Coast Gets Key Approval". KCLU News. Retrieved August 7, 2020.

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