Ontario station is an

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train station in

Ontario, California Ontario is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California, east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino, the county seat. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire metropolitan area, ...

, located on the

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Alhambra Subdivision. It is served by the thrice-weekly ''

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''/''

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''. The station has a covered, open-air pavilion built by the city in 1991. Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Ontario was the 70th-busiest in fiscal year 2019, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 11 passengers daily (though the station does not receive daily service).

History

Ontario was initially a

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on the

Southern Pacific The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...

Sunset Route. Local streetcar service was provided nearby at the corner of Euclid and Emporia by the

Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company is a former railway company which operated in Ontario, California. The company's service is noted for using a unique Gravity Mule Car from 1887 to 1895. The mule-car served Ontario until 1895, whe ...

by 1897. The line was acquired by

Pacific Electric The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system ...

in 1912, which continued to operate here until 1928.

References

External links

Ontario Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide — Train Web)

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Amtrak stations in San Bernardino County, California Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California Pacific Electric stations {{California-railstation-stub