Goleta station
Goleta, CA | ||||||||||||||||
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| File:Platform at Goleta station, January 2002.jpg Goleta station in January 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 25 South La Patera Lane Goleta, California United States | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | |||||||||||||||
| Line | UP Santa Barbara Subdivision[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed, platform with shelters | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | Amtrak: GTA | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 20, 1998 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY 2024 | 85,300[2] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||
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Goleta station is a passenger rail station in the city of Goleta, California. It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; it is the northern terminal for three of those round trips. Trains terminating in Goleta are stored on a storage track adjacent to the station.
Goleta station is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) evenly spaced throughout the day.[3] The station is convenient for the Santa Barbara Airport and the University of California, Santa Barbara.[4]
In fiscal year 2024, 85,300 passengers boarded or detrained at Goleta station.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]The original Goleta Depot, built in 1901, was moved to Lake Los Carneros County Park, half a mile northwest of the current location, in 1981. It is part of the South Coast Railroad Museum.
Opened with a concrete platform and open-air shelter in 1998,[5] the station gained a restroom facility in 2008 that was installed through the joint effort of the city, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Amtrak and the Santa Barbara Council of Governments. The station also received bike racks and a new bus turning circle.[6]
In 2018, the station was awarded a $13 million TIRCP grant to upgrade the station.[7][8][9][10][11] In 2024, the city of Goleta started construction on a new full-service multi-modal train station next to the existing station.[12][4][13]
The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) has announced plans for Metrolink service to/from Los Angeles Union Station to begin in Winter, 2026, starting with one daily trip in each direction.[14][15]
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External links
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