Tracks 4 Disabled access Yes | Parking 250 spaces Rebuilt 1993 | |
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Location 120 East Santa Fe Avenue
Fullerton, California 92832
United States Owned by BNSF Railway & City of Fullerton Platforms 2 side platforms & 1 bay platform Address Fullerton, CA 92832, United States Similar Anaheim Regional Transport, Los Angeles Union Sta, Oceanside Transit Center, Riverside – Downtown station, Buena Park | ||
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The Fullerton Transportation Center is a passenger rail and bus station located in Fullerton, Orange County, California, United States.
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- Metrolink 706 train ride from la union station to fullerton transportation center
- Bus ride from anaheim disneyland to fullerton transportation center
- History
- Service
- References
It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and Southwest Chief trains, and Metrolink's 91 Line and Orange County Line trains. It is also a major bus depot for the Orange County Transportation Authority, and is one of the major transportation hubs of Orange County.
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History
The station has two historic depots on site: one built in 1923 by the Union Pacific Railroad, and the other built in 1930 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Both depots are on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 1930 Santa Fe depot serves as an Amtrak ticket office and passenger waiting area and has a cafe. It features Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture, as evidenced by the stuccoed walls, red tile roof, and decorative wrought ironwork.
The Union Pacific Railroad was the third railway to lay tracks through Fullerton and to build a depot. This helped firmly establish Fullerton as the regional rail center for northern Orange County. The 1923 Mission Revival style building was designed by John and Donald Parkinson. Fullerton's redevelopment agency moved the station next to the Santa Fe depot in 1980 to preserve it. Today it is occupied by an Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant.
In the late 1990s, the Fullerton Railway Plaza Association (FRPA) began fundraising and lobbying for the creation of an interactive railroad attraction or museum at the site, while continuing preservation efforts. Starting in 1999 the Amtrak station and the FRPA were hosts for the annual "Fullerton Railroad Days" event at the Santa Fe depot, an event that attracted between 30,000 and 40,000 participants. Due to the city not supporting the FRPA museum, Railroad Days was not held in 2009, and FRPA looked elsewhere, choosing to hold its 2010 event in neighboring Brea. The organization subsequently changed its named to the Southern California Railway Plaza Association (SCRPA).
Service
Numerous trains stop each day at Fullerton, as the station is served by Amtrak's popular Pacific Surfliner service, as well as two Metrolink commuter lines. Amtrak's long-distance Southwest Chief also stops once daily in each direction, but only to discharge westbound or board eastbound passengers.