Lodi Transit Station

Lodi Transit Station,^[3] or simply Lodi station, is an intermodal transit facility in Lodi, California. It serves the San Joaquins rail line, is the hub for the local Lodi GrapeLine bus service and is also served by other intercity buses.

Lodi, CA
Trackside of the Lodi Transit Station
General information
Other names	Lodi Transit Station
Location	24 South Sacramento Street Lodi, California United States
Coordinates	38.1332°N 121.272°W / 38.1332; -121.272
Owned by	City of Lodi, Union Pacific Railroad
Line(s)	UP Fresno Subdivision[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Amtrak Thruway: 3 Greyhound Lines Lodi GrapeVine: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 22, 30, 31, 34, Express 1, Express 2, Express 6 San Joaquin RTD: 93 South County Transit: Hwy 99 Express
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: LOD
History
Opened	1907
Rebuilt	2002
Original company	Central Pacific Railroad
Passengers
FY 2023	5,145[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Sacramento Terminus San Joaquins Stockton–Downtown toward Bakersfield
Former services Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Urgon toward Sacramento Sacramento – Lathrop Armstrong toward Lathrop Galt toward Sacramento Sacramento Daylight Stockton toward Los Angeles
Future services Preceding station Altamont Corridor Express Following station Elk Grove Opens 2026 toward Natomas/​Sacramento Airport San Jose – Natomas Stockton toward San Jose or Merced Preceding station Amtrak Following station Elk Grove Opens 2026 toward Natomas/​Sacramento Airport San Joaquins Stockton–Downtown toward Bakersfield or Oakland
Location

In fiscal year 2019, Lodi was the 59th-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 30 passengers daily.^[2]

History

Rail service to the area began in 1869, when the Central Pacific Railroad established a depot where the present station stands. Local landowning families had donated the site of the town eventually known as Lodi to the railroad as an incentive to build there. The original building burned down in 1906, and Southern Pacific Railroad, the successor to the Central Pacific, erected a new colonnade-style depot in 1907^[4] half a block to the north. When Amtrak took over passenger rail service in 1971, the Lodi station closed.^[5]

In 1993, Amtrak studied the possibility of reopening stops in California's Central Valley, and interest grew in restoring Lodi station. The San Joaquin made a ceremonial stop there in 1999, and the city commenced plans to create an intermodal transit hub, Lodi Transit Station. The $2.3 million project involved moving the 1907 railroad building to its present location on South Sacramento Street to accommodate a new passenger platform, and additions including bus bays, a waiting room, a clock tower, and a Gateway Arch. Full rail service began on March 18, 2002. In 2011, the station saw new additions funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.^[5]

Rail service was temporarily suspended between March 2020 and October 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] As of 2024^[update], Amtrak plans to modify the platform for accessibility later in the 2020s.^[7]

References

1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 3.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
3. "Lodi Transit Station History". Lodi.gov. City of Lodi. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
4. Bender, Henry E. Jr. (2013). Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots. Berkeley and Wilton, California: Signature Press. p. 241. ISBN 9781930013339.
5. "Lodi, CA (LOD)". www.greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
6. Diamond, Randy (October 18, 2021). "Amtrak train service from Sacramento to Bakersfield back on track after COVID hiatus". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
7. "Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2023 State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. p. 7.

External links

• Lodi, CA – Amtrak
• Lodi, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)