Claremont station (California)

Claremont
Metrolink commuter rail station
Trackside at Claremont Metrolink station.
Location	110 West 1st Street Claremont, California
Coordinates	34°05′39″N 117°43′00″W / 34.0941°N 117.7168°WCoordinates: 34°05′39″N 117°43′00″W / 34.0941°N 117.7168°W
Line(s)	Metrolink   San Bernardino Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1927
Services
Preceding station     Following station Pomona (North) toward Los Angeles Union Station San Bernardino Line Montclair toward San Bernardino
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Claremont, California
Coordinates	34°5′38.76″N 117°43′0.48″W / 34.0941000°N 117.7168000°W
Built	1927
Architect	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and Sumner Sellit Co.
Architectural style	Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	82002188
Added to NRHP	July 15, 1982

Claremont is a passenger rail and bus station in Claremont, California, United States. It is served by Metrolink's San Bernardino Line which runs from Los Angeles Union Station to San Bernardino, with some trains continuing to Riverside on weekends. The Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival style station is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station.

This station is one of the few Metrolink stations that utilizes an existing older depot. The depot was built in 1927 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The station was listed in the National Register because of its architecture.^[1] The station is staffed by Foothill Transit and sells bus passes and rail tickets.^[2]

Platforms and tracks

Westbound	■ San Bernardino Line	toward L.A. Union Station (Pomona (North))
Eastbound	■ San Bernardino Line	toward San Bernardino (Montclair)

Connecting services

The station is designated the Claremont TransCenter in Foothill Transit literature, and serves lines 187, 189, 197, 292, 480, 492, and the 690 Express to Downtown Pasadena. The station is also served by Amtrak California Thruway Motorcoach route 19, with connections to the San Joaquins in Bakersfield. The Gold Line Foothill Extension will share this station.

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
2. "Foothill Transit Store - Claremont". Communityseniorservices.com. Retrieved 2011-08-28.

External links

• Metrolink – Claremont
• Foothill Transit
• Amtrak California