Goleta station

Railway station in Goleta, California, US

34°26′16″N 119°50′35″W / 34.4377°N 119.8431°W / 34.4377; -119.8431Owned byAmtrakLine(s)UP Coast LinePlatforms1 side platformTracks1ConstructionParkingYesAccessibleYesOther informationStatusUnstaffed, platform with sheltersStation codeAmtrak: GTAHistoryOpenedSeptember 20, 1998; 25 years ago (September 20, 1998)PassengersFY 202252,365^[1] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Lompoc–Surf toward San Luis Obispo		Pacific Surfliner		Santa Barbara toward San Diego
Coast Starlight does not stop here

Former services

Preceding station	Southern Pacific Railroad			Following station
Jalama toward San Francisco		Coast Line		Samarkand toward Los Angeles

Location

Goleta station is a passenger rail station in the city of Goleta, California. It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; it is the northern terminal for three of those round trips. Trains terminating in Goleta are stored on a storage track adjacent to the station.

Goleta station is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) evenly spaced throughout the day.^[2]

In Fiscal Year 2022, 52,365 passengers boarded or detrained at Goleta station.^[1]

History

The original depot, built in 1901, was moved to Lake Los Carneros County Park, half a mile northwest of the current location, in 1981 and currently serves as the home of the South Coast Railroad Museum.

Opened with a concrete platform and open-air shelter in 1998,^[3] the station gained a restroom facility in 2008 that was installed through the joint effort of the city, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Amtrak and the Santa Barbara Council of Governments. The station also received bike racks and a new bus turning circle.^[4]

In 2018, the station was awarded a $13 million TIRCP grant to upgrade the station.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ "Pacific Surfliner Timetable" (PDF). Pacific Surfliner. October 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
^ "San Diegan Trains Now Stop in Goleta". Los Angeles Times. September 20, 1998. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
^ "Goleta, CA (GTA)". Greatamericanstations.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
^ "Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2018 Awards" (PDF). Dot.ca.gov. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
^ "SBCAG Receives $22 Million in Rail & Transit Funding". Edhat.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
^ "Request to Discuss Goleta Amtrak Platform Needs at the SBCAG South Coast Subregional Planning Committee on April 5, 2017". Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
^ Buckley, Amelia (February 10, 2019). "Goleta Unfolds New Train Station Project". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ Orozco, Lance (August 6, 2020). "New Train Depot Project On South Coast Gets Key Approval". KCLU News. Retrieved August 7, 2020.