San Joaquin Street station, also known as Stockton – San Joaquin Street, is an

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station in

Stockton, California Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It is the most populous city in the county, the List of municipal ...

. Originally built for the

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(which acquired the

San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad was a California rail line between Stockton and Bakersfield constructed in the late 1890s and very shortly thereafter purchased by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and became their Val ...

), it is a stop for trains on Amtrak's '' San Joaquin'' line between

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and

Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population as of the ...

. The Mission Revival style building cost $24,470 to construct (), and includes typical design features such as

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ed walls, a red tile roof and shady arcades.Great American Stations
Accessed February 25, 2013. The San Joaquin Street station is one of two train stations in Stockton. ''San Joaquin'' trains running between

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and Bakersfield, as well as

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(ACE) trains do not pass this station and instead use the

Robert J. Cabral Station Robert J. Cabral Station (called Stockton (Cabral / ACE) station by Amtrak), is a railway station in Stockton, California. In 2003, the station building was named in honor of the late Robert J. Cabral, a San Joaquin County, California, San Joaq ...

closer to downtown. Two

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bus routes serve this station. Route 3 connects passengers to the other station in Stockton, Sacramento, Chico and Redding. Route 6 connects with San Jose.

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Buildings and structures in Stockton, California Amtrak stations in San Joaquin County, California Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1900 1900 establishments in California Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in California {{California-railstation-stub