Claremont station (California)

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.

Not to be confused with Claremont station (New Hampshire).
Claremont
Trackside at Claremont Metrolink station
General information
Location110 West 1st Street
Claremont, California
Coordinates34.0941°N 117.7168°W / 34.0941; -117.7168
Line(s)SCRRA San Gabriel Subdivision[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Parking396 spaces, 16 accessible spaces[2]
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1927
RebuiltDecember 7, 1992 (1992-12-07)
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Pomona–North
toward L.A. Union Station
 San Bernardino Line Montclair
toward San Bernardino–Downtown
     San Bernardino Line Express does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Pomona
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line
Via Pasadena, Pomona
 Upland
toward Chicago
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Baldy View
towards Pacific Electric Building
 Upland–San Bernardino
(discontinued 1940)
 West Upland
towards San Bernardino
Riverside–Rialto
(discontinued 1940)
 West Upland
towards Riverside
Baldy View
towards Pomona
 Pomona–Claremont
(discontinued 1932)
 Terminus
West Upland
(rush hour service)
towards Upland
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station
LocationClaremont, California
Coordinates34°5′38.76″N 117°43′0.48″W
Built1927
ArchitectAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and Sumner Sellit Co.
Architectural styleMission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.82002188
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1982
Location

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 station is also served by Amtrak Thruway route 19, with connections to the San Joaquins in Bakersfield.

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. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station". National Park Service. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. 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.
  5. "Foothill Transit Store – Claremont". Communityseniorservices.com. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  6. 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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