Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is a passenger rail station and transportation center in Santa Ana, California. It is used by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink's Orange County Line and Inland Empire–Orange County Line trains. It is also a Greyhound station and a hub for the Orange County Transportation Authority bus system as well as a terminal for international bus services to Mexico.

Santa Ana, CA
Amtrak and Metrolink station
Santa Ana station, 2008
General information
Other namesSanta Ana Regional Transportation Center
Location1000 East Santa Ana Boulevard, Santa Ana, California 92701
Coordinates33°45′06″N 117°51′23″W
Owned byCity of Santa Ana[1]
Line(s)SCRRA Orange Subdivision[2]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Train operatorsMetrolink and Amtrak
ConnectionsGreyhound, OC Bus, International Bus Lines
Construction
Parking315 spaces
Disabled accessYes
ArchitectThe Blurock Partnership
Architectural styleMediterranean Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: SNA
History
OpenedSeptember 7, 1985 (1985-09-07)[3]
Passengers
FY2019143,020[4] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Anaheim
toward San Luis Obispo
 Pacific Surfliner Irvine
toward San Diego
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Orange
toward San Bernardino–Downtown
 Inland Empire–Orange County Line Tustin
toward Oceanside
Orange
toward Los Angeles Union Station
 Orange County Line
Future service
Preceding station OCTA Following station
Lacy
toward Harbor Transit Center
 OC Streetcar Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Orange
toward Los Angeles
 Surf Line San Juan Capistrano
toward San Diego
Location

History

When the station opened on September 7, 1985, it was the largest new rail station built in the United States since the completion of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal circa 1955. The center was erected on the site of a former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway combination depot that had been constructed in 1939 and closed in 1982.[5]: 189  The station, which cost approximately $17 million, was funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, California Department of Transportation, and the city of Santa Ana.[6]

In FY2010 Santa Ana was the 22nd-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 420 passengers daily.[7]

The Amtrak platform at Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

Future service
Main article: OC Streetcar

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center will be the eastern terminus of the OC Streetcar, a 4.15-mile (6.68 km) streetcar line through Downtown Santa Ana, a major regional employment area, to a new transit center and Park and Ride in Garden Grove at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue (both major bus corridors).

Design
Pedestrian bridge linking northbound Track 1 to The Depot and Track 2.

The station was designed by the Blurock Partnership architectural firm in the Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival architectural styles to complement the region's older buildings. Features include red barrel roof tiles, arcades, colonnades, exterior walls finished to resemble stucco, and the extensive use of painted tiles for decoration.[6]

Layout
Track 1 (northbound) ■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Luis Obispo (Anaheim)
■ Inland Empire–Orange County Line toward San Bernardino-Downtown (Orange)
■ Orange County Line toward L.A. Union Station (Orange)
Track 2 (southbound) ■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Diego Union Station (Irvine)
■ Inland Empire–Orange County Line toward Oceanside (Tustin)
■ Orange County Line toward Oceanside (Tustin)

Connections

The last scene in the movie Rain Man was filmed at the station.[1][8] Its exterior and interior appeared in the second season of True Detective in 2015.[9]

References
  1. Elston, Bob (February 23, 1994). "SANTA ANA : Station Is More Than a Train Depot". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
  3. Rose, Andy (September 8, 1985). "Santa Ana : Officials Dedicate Transportation Center". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  4. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2019: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. May 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  5. Gustafson, Lee and Phil Serpico (1974). Santa Fe Coast Lines Depots: Los Angeles Division. Omni Publications, Palmdale, CA. ISBN 0-88418-003-4.
  6. Great American Stations. Accessed March 12, 2013.
  7. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  8. Internet Movie Database
  9. "usurped title". Archived from the original on August 13, 2015. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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