Bakersfield station (Southern Pacific Railroad)

Bakersfield
The former station building in 2009
General information
Location	700 Sumner Street
Coordinates	35°22′37″N 118°59′31″W / 35.37694°N 118.99194°W / 35.37694; -118.99194
Owned by	Union Pacific
Line(s)	UP Fresno Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
History
Opened	June 27, 1889 (1889-06-27)
Closed	April 30, 1971 (1971-04-30)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Los Angeles Terminus Coast Starlight detour route Oakland–Jack London Square toward Seattle
Former servivces
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Edison toward Los Angeles San Joaquin Valley Line Famoso toward Oakland Pier Tehachapi toward Los Angeles San Joaquin Daylight Delano toward Sacramento Sacramento Daylight Preceding station Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway Following station 17th Street / F Street toward Bakersfield Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Line Terminus

Bakersfield station is a former Southern Pacific Railroad station and hotel in Bakersfield, California. The station opened June 27, 1889, in the town of Sumner (which was later annexed by Bakersfield). The station was a mixture of Richardsonian Romanesque, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Moderne styles. It was closed in 1971, after the formation of Amtrak.

The station served Southern Pacific passenger trains that ran on the San Joaquin Valley Route, including the San Joaquin Daylight, Sacramento Daylight, Owl Limited, and West Coast. It is currently used as an office building and crew change center by Union Pacific. On extremely rare occasions, it is used as a stop for the Coast Starlight when Union Pacific's Coast Line is closed.^[1]