Santa Barbara (Amtrak station)

Santa Barbara
Location	209 State Street Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States
Owned by	Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Barbara
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Thruway Motorcoach, MTD Downtown Shuttle
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	SBA
History
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	2000
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	322,410  5.9% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station San Luis Obispo toward Seattle Coast Starlight Oxnard toward Los Angeles Goleta toward Goleta or San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Carpinteria toward Los Angeles or San Diego (Union Station)
Southern Pacific Train Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Site of station in California
Location	209 State St., Santa Barbara, California
Coordinates
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1905
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP Reference #	06000658
Added to NRHP	August 2, 2006

The Santa Barbara station is a passenger rail station in Santa Barbara, California, served by two Amtrak lines, the Coast Starlight and the Pacific Surfliner. The Coast Starlight runs once daily in each direction between Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington. The Pacific Surfliner trains serving this station run ten times daily (five in each direction) between San Diego, California and the Santa Barbara suburb of Goleta, with two of those running in each direction to/from San Luis Obispo further to the north. The station is fully staffed with ticketing and checked-baggage services.

History

File:PostcardSantaBarbaraCARailroadStation1910.jpg

1910 postcard

The station was built in 1902 by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Spanish Mission Revival Style. Design work was by Santa Barbara architect Francis W. Wilson. It is located within walking distance of Santa Barbara Harbor, Stearns Wharf and State Street, Santa Barbara's main thoroughfare. The historic depot was renovated in 2000; the project included the restoration of the ticket office and upgrades to the plumbing, electrical and heating and cooling systems.

Due to the length of the platform, when Amtrak's Coast Starlight train is stopped, it blocks the two streets to the north and south of the depot.

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Santa Barbara was the 15th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 834 passengers daily, and serving a total of 304,382 passengers in FY2012.

The station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 2006.

Platforms and tracks

Northbound	■ Coast Starlight	toward Seattle (San Luis Obispo)
	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Luis Obispo (Goleta)
Southbound	■ Coast Starlight	toward Los Angeles (Oxnard)
	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Diego-Union Station (Carpinteria)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak California Station Info Page

• Amtrak – Stations – Santa Barbara, CA
• California D.O.T. profile of Santa Barbara station
• SantaBarbara.com Train Station Guide

• Santa Barbara (SBA)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)