Claremont station (California)

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-Downtown, with some trains formerly 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.

Claremont
Metrolink commuter rail station
Trackside at Claremont Metrolink station.
Location110 West 1st Street
Claremont, California
Coordinates34.0941°N 117.7168°W / 34.0941; -117.7168
Line(s)SCRRA San Gabriel Subdivision[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
Opened1927
RebuiltDecember 7, 1992 (1992-12-07)
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Pomona–North
toward Los Angeles Union Station
 San Bernardino Line Montclair
toward San Bernardino–Downtown
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station
LocationClaremont, California
Coordinates34°5′38.76″N 117°43′0.48″W
Built1927
ArchitectAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and Sumner Sellit Co.
Architectural styleMission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.82002188
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1982
Location

Until November 2016, this station was one of the few Metrolink stations that utilized 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.[2] The station was renovated at a cost of $2.8 million and opened reopened for Metrolink use on December 7, 1992.[3] The station was staffed by Foothill Transit and sold bus passes and rail tickets.[4] On November 20, 2016, the interior of the depot was converted into the new home of the Claremont Museum of Art.[5]

Platforms and tracks
Westbound ■ San Bernardino Line toward L.A. Union Station (Pomona–North)
Eastbound ■ San Bernardino Line toward San Bernardino-Downtown (Montclair)

Connecting services

The station is designated the Claremont TransCenter in Foothill Transit literature, and serves lines 188, 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 (served by the A Line (Blue) in 2022), expected to be completed in 2026, will share this station.[6]

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

References
  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  3. Hudson, Berkley; Willman, Martha (December 10, 1992). "Station Starts Off on the Right Track". Los Angeles Times. p. 559. Retrieved July 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Foothill Transit Store - Claremont". Communityseniorservices.com. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  5. Gelt, Jessica (November 16, 2016). "Claremont Museum of Art to open in historic depot on Sunday". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  6. "Foothill Gold Line". Foothill Gold Line. Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-14.


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