Pleasanton station
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Parking | Yes, shared with Alameda County Fairgrounds | |||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: PLS | |||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Tri-Valley | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 19, 1998[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Pleasanton station is a train station in Pleasanton, California served by Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) trains. It is located northwest of downtown Pleasanton adjacent to the Alameda County Fairgrounds. The station has a single side platform on the single track of the Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision.
History
The station is located on the Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision, formerly the 1910-opened Western Pacific Railroad mainline. The Mission Revival-style station north of Rose Avenue, which served the California Zephyr until 1970, is no longer extant.[3]
The now-abandoned
A new station southwest of the former Western Pacific station site opened with the start of the
Bus connections
The 8 and 10R
References
- ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 12.
- ^ a b "History of ACE". San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority.
- ^ a b Fletcher, Gary; Hoge, Jim; Lewis, Julia; Purcell, Lauren (November 2003). "Historic Downtown Pleasanton Walking Tour Guide" (PDF). Pleasanton Downtown Association Historical Preservation Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2004.
- ^ Lander, Monica (May 7, 2015). "One of a kind: Historic charmer in downtown Pleasanton". Mercury News.
External links
Media related to Pleasanton station at Wikimedia Commons