Line(s) BNSF Railway Bicycle facilities Yes Connection Riverside Transit Agency Tracks 6 | Parking 710 free spaces Opened 1993 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location 4066 Vine Street
Riverside, CA 92507
United States Owned by Riverside County Transportation Commission Connections Riverside Transit Agency Address Riverside, CA 92507, United States Owner Riverside County Transportation Commission Similar Riverside – La Sierra station, North Main Corona station, Moreno Valley/March Field stati, Downtown Perris station, West Corona station | ||
The Joseph Tavaglione Riverside – Downtown Station is a train station in Riverside, California, United States that opened in 1993. It is served by one Amtrak intercity rail line and three Metrolink commuter rail lines, as well as Riverside Transit Agency buses and Amtrak Thruway and Megabus coach service. The station is owned by the Riverside County Transportation Commission, and is referred to as Riverside by Amtrak and as Riverside – Downtown by Metrolink.
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History
The current station opened on June 14, 1993, returning rail service to Riverside following the closure of the Santa Fe depot in 1984. The original depot, built in 1927, still stands a few blocks north of the current station. The original depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The Southwest Chief added a stop in Riverside in April 2002, after 18 years of not stopping at Riverside.
In December 2012, the station was renamed after Joseph Tavaglione, a local businessman and chair of the California Transportation Commission.
Current services
The Southwest Chief provides one train per day in each direction through the station, one to Los Angeles and one to Chicago, which boards from the station's South platform. In conjunction with the California Department of Transportation, Amtrak California also provides two Thruway Motorcoach routes: to Bakersfield, with connections to the San Joaquins for the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento; and to Fullerton, with connections to the Pacific Surfliner for San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego.
Megabus began providing service from the station to the South Strip Transfer Center in Las Vegas on December 12, 2012.
The station is a hub for Metrolink commuter rail, with three lines serving the station on weekdays, and two on weekends. Trains traveling to and from Orange County board from the South platform, which is accessible via a bridge over the tracks. All weekend trains board on the South platform, across the bridge.
No ticketing agents are on site. Tickets for Metrolink may be purchased from the ticket vending machines located on all platforms. All Amtrak services require advanced reservations, but tickets can be picked up from Metrolink's ticket machines once reservations have been made either online or via telephone. Megabus reservations can only be made on their web site.
The Riverside Transit Agency provides free connecting transit service to Metrolink (but not Amtrak) passengers at the station including the agency's CommuterLink express bus system, providing connections to Temecula, Banning and Hemet.