Owned by Port of Oakland Connections AC Transit Opened 22 May 1995 Owner Port of Oakland | Tracks 3 Parking Paid, Private lot Connection AC Transit Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location 245 Second Street
Oakland, CA 94607 Line(s) Capitol Corridor
Coast Starlight
San Joaquin Address Oakland, CA 94607, United States Similar Jack London Square, Emeryville Amtrak Station, Richmond station, Williams Junction station, West Oakland station | ||
Oakland – Jack London Square is a train station in Jack London Square in downtown Oakland, California. The station is served by the Capitol Corridor, Coast Starlight, and San Joaquins trains. Through Thruway buses, this station serves San Francisco.
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Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Oakland was the tenth-busiest in FY2012, boarding or de-training an average of about 1,142 passengers daily.
History
The station opened on May 22, 1995 as a replacement for 16th Street Station, which had been severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. A building next to the old station was used as the rail station until August 5, 1994. Southern Pacific's downtown station on the north side of 1st Street between Franklin Street and Broadway was a passenger stop until 1960.
The station is owned by the Port of Oakland; the tracks along 1st Street are owned by Union Pacific Railroad.
Transit Connections
Oakland-Jack London Square station (commonly called Oakland Amtrak) is served by the following AC Transit routes, including: