Claremont_(Metrolink_station)

Claremont station (California)

Claremont station (California)

Commuter rail station


Claremont station 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. 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.

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Claremont station is served by 34 Metrolink San Bernardino Line trains (17 in each direction) each weekday, running primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel. Weekend service consists of 16 trains (8 in each direction) on both Saturday and Sunday, evenly spaced throughout the day.[3]

History

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.[4] The station was renovated at a cost of $2.8 million and reopened for Metrolink use on December 7, 1992.[5] The station was staffed by Foothill Transit and sold bus passes and rail tickets.[6] On November 20, 2016, the interior of the depot was converted into the new home of the Claremont Museum of Art.[7]

Connecting services

The station is designated as the Claremont TransCenter in Foothill Transit literature, and it serves lines 188, 197, 292, 480, and 492.

The Amtrak Thruway 19 provides twice daily connections from the station to/from Bakersfield to the north, and San Bernardino to the east, with several stops in between.[8]

See also


References

  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 19.
  2. "Claremont Train Station". Metrolink. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  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 August 28, 2011.
  5. Gelt, Jessica (November 16, 2016). "Claremont Museum of Art to open in historic depot on Sunday". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 13, 2017.



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