Oakland – Jack London Square station
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245 Second Street Oakland, CA 94607 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°47′37″N 122°16′17″W / 37.79361°N 122.27139°WCoordinates: 37°47′37″N 122°16′17″W / 37.79361°N 122.27139°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Port of Oakland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | AC Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Paid, Private lot | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | OKJ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 22, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) |
319,336[1]  4.9% (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland – Jack London Square is a train station in Jack London Square in downtown Oakland, California. The station is served by the Capitol Corridor, Coast Starlight, and San Joaquins trains.[2] Through Thruway buses, this station serves San Francisco.
Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Oakland was the tenth-busiest in FY2012, boarding or de-training an average of about 1,142 passengers daily.[3]
History
The station opened on May 22, 1995 as a replacement for 16th Street Station, which had been severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. A building next to the old station was used as the rail station until August 5, 1994.[4] Southern Pacific's downtown station on the north side of 1st Street between Franklin Street and Broadway was a passenger stop until 1960.
The station is owned by the Port of Oakland; the tracks along 1st Street are owned by Union Pacific Railroad.[5]
Platforms and tracks
| 1-2 | ■ Capitol Corridor | toward Auburn (Emeryville) |
| ■ Capitol Corridor | toward San Jose (Oakland Coliseum) | |
| ■ Coast Starlight | toward Seattle (Emeryville) | |
| ■ Coast Starlight | toward Los Angeles (San Jose) | |
| ■ San Joaquin | toward Bakersfield (Emeryville) | |
| 3 | ■ Freight line | No passenger service |
Transit Connections
Oakland-Jack London Square station (commonly called Oakland Amtrak) is served by the following AC Transit routes, including:[6][7][8]
- Route 58L - weekday-only limited stop service between Downtown Oakland and Eastmont Transit Center
- Route 72 - daily service between Downtown Oakland and Hilltop Mall
- Route 72M - daily service between Downtown Oakland and the intersection of Castro Street and Tewksbury Avenue in Richmond, California.
- Route 72R a bus rapid transit line stops within a few blocks as do San Francisco Bay Ferries at the Oakland Ferry Terminal.
- The Free Broadway Shuttle.
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ↑ "OAKLAND CALIFORNIA (OKJ)". TrainWeb. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ National Association of Railroad Passengers (May 19, 1995). "Hotline #878". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ↑ "OAKLAND - JACK LONDON SQUARE, CA (OKJ)". Great American Stations (Amtrak). Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ↑ "Line 58L". AC Transit. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ↑ "Line 72". AC Transit. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ↑ "Meet Downtown Oakland! Your guide to downtown hotspots".
External links
Media related to Oakland – Jack London Square station at Wikimedia Commons- Capitol Corridor - Oakland Station Page
