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Central Pacific Railroad completed the Berkeley Branch Railroad in 1876, followed by the mainline toward Richmond and beyond in 1878. Stations were located on the mainline at Emerys (Park Avenue), Shellmound, and Montague Street (now 59th Street), plus at San Pablo Avenue on the branch line.{{cite web |url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/ig4x37 |title=Map of Oakland, Alameda and Vicinity, Showing Plan of Streets as Opened and Proposed, Compiled from the most Reliable Public & Private Surveys |year=1876 |first=Malcolm G. |last=King |via=David Rumsey Map Collection}} By the time the lines were under Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) control a decade later, the Montague Street station was gone and the Emerys (later Emery and Emeryvillle) stop had been moved a block south to Yerba Buena Avenue, where the line crossed the California and Nevada Railroad.{{cite web |url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/l53j7h|publisher=Woodward and Gamble |title=Map of the City of Oakland and Surroundings. Compiled from Official and Private Surveys |year=1888 |author=Henkenius, J.C. |via=David Rumsey Map Collection}}

The SP expanded suburban service with its East Bay Electric Lines subsidiary in 1911. Initial electric service to Berkeley mostly used the existing San Pablo Avenue station, with limited stops at Shell Mound, Emery, and B Street (34th Street); non-electric suburban service on the mainline stopped at Shell Mound.{{cite web |url=http://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/maps/zukasETT/1911-08-01Western-Ferries-Suburban23-TimZukas.pdf |title=Time Table for the Western Division Ferries and Suburban Trains |date=August 1, 1911 |publisher=Southern Pacific Company |pages=5–6 |via=WX4}} Additional branch lines and local stops were later added; by 1932, these stops included Powell Street and Folsom Street on the 9th Street line, and Green Street on the California Street line.{{cite web |url=http://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/maps/zukasETT/1932-02-28WesternDivElectric7-TimZukas.pdf |title=Time Table for the Western Division – Electric Lines |page=12 |date=February 28, 1932 |via=WX4}} The East Bay Electric Lines were closed in July 1941, ending passenger service to Emeryville.

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Oakland Central station, Amtrak's primary stop for Oakland (and San Francisco via connecting buses) was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake; Amtrak began using a temporary station at the site. A new station was quickly constructed in nearby Emeryville – close to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge – on the site of a former cement plant. Emeryville station opened on August 13, 1993, though construction was not completed until the next year. Only the Capitols and San Joaquins initially moved to Emeryville; long-distance trains continued to use Oakland Central while track work at Emeryville continued.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71494994/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |title=Amtrak opens new station in Emeryville |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |date=August 10, 1993 |page=A6 |via=Newspapers.com}}

The California Zephyr and Coast Starlight began stopping at Emeryville on August 5, 1994. Oakland Central station closed on August 21; Emeryville was the only Oakland-area stop for Amtrak until the new Oakland – Jack London Square station opened on May 22, 1995.{{Sanders-Heartland|page=153}} Emeryville station cost $7 million to construct.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71459500/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |title=Amtrak station wins award |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |date=October 9, 1994 |page=111 |via=Newspapers.com}} It became a centerpiece of redevelopment of formerly industrial areas of Emeryville. A footbridge connecting the station with parking lots and new development on the west side of the tracks was opened in 1997.

The California Zephyr was re-extended to Oakland with the opening of the Jack London Square station in 1995. However, this required a complicated reverse move along street running tracks to reach the wye at West Oakland. The train was cut back to Emeryville on October 26, 1997. In 2022, the station was formally named for former city council member Nora Davis.{{cite web |url=https://www.ci.emeryville.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/14013/Item-82---Nora-Davis-Transit-Sign-3-24-22 |title=Nora Davis Emeryville Transit Center Sign |publisher=Emeryville Planning Commission |date=March 24, 2022}} {{As of|2024}}, Amtrak plans to modify the platform for accessibility by FY 2026.{{cite web |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/CALIFORNIA23.pdf |title=Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2023 State of California |page=7 |publisher=Amtrak |date=March 2024}}

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File:Emeryville station building and Thruway buses, June 2018.JPG

Because Emeryville is the closest station to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, it is the primary connection point between Amtrak trains and Amtrak Thruway bus service in the Bay Area. Amtrak Thruway route 99 buses run between Emeryville station and the Salesforce Transit Center in downtown San Francisco, providing connections for all trains. However, Oakland – Jack London Square station is used for San Francisco connections for the southern leg of the Coast Starlight, as well as some Thruway routes that run along the coast to Southern California.

Several public transit bus lines also serve the station vicinity:

• The free Emery Go-Round Hollis and Shellmound/Powell routes stop near the station, connecting to the MacArthur BART station.
• AC Transit routes 7, 36, and 57 stop on Shellmound Street, across the pedestrian bridge located at the station, while route 29 stops on Hollis Street one block east of the station.

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• [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/emeryville.htm Emeryville Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)]

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