Riverside Depot is a former train station in Riverside, California.

History

The station was constructed in 1904 by the

San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was a rail company in California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States, that completed and operated a railway line between its namesake cities ( Salt Lake City, Utah and Los Angeles, California), via ...

along their route to Los Angeles. Union Pacific Railroad acquired the line on Vine Street along with the station in 1921. Local

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 ...

streetcars served the station via a terminal at 7th and Vine until 1924. Passenger service ceased in 1971 when Amtrak took over intercity passenger service in the United States. The final trips of the '' City of Los Angeles'' serving the station were on April 30 eastbound and May 2 westbound. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1977 as San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake RR Depot. Metrolink commuter rail service to Riverside began in 1993, followed by Amtrak in 2002; both use

Riverside–Downtown station Riverside–Downtown station (officially the Joseph Tavaglione Riverside Downtown Station) is a train station in Riverside, California, United States. It is served by three Metrolink commuter rail lines – the 91/Perris Valley Line, Inland Emp ...

near the former Santa Fe Railroad station.

References

Buildings and structures in Riverside, California Railway stations in Riverside County, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1904 National Register of Historic Places in Riverside County, California Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in California 1900s architecture in the United States 1904 establishments in California Former Union Pacific Railroad stations Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Former railway stations in California Railway stations in the United States closed in 1971 {{California-railstation-stub