Riverside station (Union Pacific Railroad)

This article is about the train station listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For the active Metrolink station, see Riverside–Downtown station.

Riverside Depot is a former train station in Riverside, California.

Riverside
The station building, c. 1910
General information
Location	3751 Vine Street Riverside, California
Owned by	San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (1904–1921) Union Pacific Railroad (1921–)
History
Opened	1904
Closed	May 2, 1971
Former services
Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station Mira Loma toward Los Angeles Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Highgrove toward Salt Lake City
San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake RR Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	33.979825°N 117.368562°W / 33.979825; -117.368562
Built	1904
Built by	San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
NRHP reference No.	77000326[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1977

History

The station was constructed in 1904 by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad along their route to Los Angeles. Union Pacific Railroad acquired the line on Vine Street along with the station in 1921. Local Pacific Electric streetcars served the station via a terminal at 7th and Vine until 1924.^[2] Passenger service ceased in 1971 when Amtrak took over intercity passenger service in the United States.^[3] The final trips of the City of Los Angeles serving the station were on April 30 eastbound and May 2 westbound.^[4][5]

The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1977 as San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake RR Depot. Metrolink commuter rail service to Riverside began in 1993, followed by Amtrak in 2002; both use Riverside–Downtown station near the former Santa Fe Railroad station.^[6][7]