:en:San Luis Obispo station
{{Short description|Railway station in San Luis Obispo, California, US}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| style = Amtrak
| name = San Luis Obispo, CA
| image = San Luis Obispo Amtrak station.jpg
| caption = San Luis Obispo station in 2007
| address = 1011 Railroad Avenue
| borough = San Luis Obispo, California
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|35|16|35|N|120|39|17|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Union Pacific Railroad
| operator = Amtrak
| line = UP Santa Barbara Subdivision{{CA rail schematics|page=15}}
| platform = 1 side platform, 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
| connections = {{Unbulleted list
| {{bus icon}} Amtrak Thruway: 17, 18, 21
| {{bus icon}} SLO Transit: 3B
}}
| parking = Yes
| bicycle =
| accessible = Yes
| architectural_style = Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
| status = Staffed, station building with waiting room
| code = {{Amtrak code|SLO}}
| opened = May 4, 1894{{cite report|url=https://www.slocity.org/home/showdocument?id=4144|title=Historic Preservation Program Guidelines|publisher=City of San Luis Obispo|date=November 2010|access-date=March 13, 2022|page=53}}
| rebuilt = January 1942–September 5, 1943{{cite news |title=Track Changes Being Made for New SP Depot Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97566850/slo-station-january-23-1942/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |work=San Luis Obispo Telegram Tribune |date=January 23, 1942 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news |title=Program to Signalize S.P. Station Opening |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97566456/slo-station-september-4-1943/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |work=San Luis Obispo Telegram Tribune |date=September 4, 1943 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| original = Southern Pacific
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|San Luis Obispo}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Coast Starlight|left1=Paso Robles|right1=Santa Barbara|to-left1=Seattle|to-right1=Los Angeles
|line2=Pacific Surfliner|right2=Grover Beach
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Spirit of California|left1=Salinas|right1=Santa Barbara|to-left1=Sacramento|to-right1=Los Angeles
|system2=Southern Pacific Railroad
|line2=Coast Line|left2=Santa Margarita|right2=Pismo Beach
|line3=San Luis Obispo-Los Olivos|left3=Port San Luis|right3=Orcutt
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}
San Luis Obispo station is an Amtrak intercity rail station in the city of San Luis Obispo, California, United States. It has one side platform and one island platform serving the two tracks of the Coast Line.
{{LA Metrolink hours and frequency|PS/CS SLO}}
In {{Amtrak ridership|longdate}}, {{Amtrak ridership|San Luis Obispo}} passengers boarded or detrained at San Luis Obispo station.{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}
History
File:San Luis Obispo station, September 1987.jpg
The present Spanish Colonial Revival architecture style depot was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad and opened on September 5, 1943. It replaced the original SP depot, located just south of the current one, which opened on May 4, 1894. After the present depot opened, the former depot was then used for freight until it was shuttered in 1968. It was demolished to make room for a parking lot in 1971.
For most of Amtrak's first three decades, the station was only served by the Coast Starlight, which ran southbound in the afternoon and northbound in mid-morning. In 1995, Amtrak and CalTrans extended the San Diegan all the way to San Luis Obispo. That route had long been a Los Angeles–San Diego service, but had been extended up the Central Coast to provide that region with additional service to Los Angeles. The San Diegan was rebranded as the Pacific Surfliner five years later.
The station has room for a single Surfliner passenger train adjacent to the station to hold overnight for a morning departure from San Luis Obispo.{{Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Nick|date=March 8, 2021|title=SLO railroad area could see major expansion with new train yard. Neighbors aren't happy|work=The Tribune|url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article249747508.html|access-date=March 9, 2021}} The Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency is planning an expanded facility on the Union Pacific property just south of the station. This property still contains the foundation of the Southern Pacific roundhouse and the pit where the turntable resided until 1994. The proposed layout of the CCLF would require destruction of most of these historic landmarks, and prevent the future rebuilding of the railroad facility for historic and public use. The proposed additional storage and maintenance capacity will also allow a second train to layover and provide for future expansion of service.{{Cite report|last=Corey|first=Tyler|date=March 10, 2021|title=LOSSAN EIR for Central Coast Layover Facility|url=https://opengov.slocity.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=138864&dbid=0&repo=CityClerk&cr=1|access-date=2021-03-09|work=Planning Commission Agenda|publisher= City of San Luis Obispo}}
See also
References
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External links
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{{Amtrak web|SLO|San Luis Obispo, CA}}
{{Amtrak California stations}}
Category:Amtrak stations in San Luis Obispo County, California
Category:Buildings and structures in San Luis Obispo, California
Category:Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1894
Category:Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California
Category:1894 establishments in California
Category:Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in San Luis Obispo County, California
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