Fremont-Centerville (Amtrak station)
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| Centerville Amtrak / ACE Station | |
 Amtrak platform, looking east. |
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| Station statistics | |
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| Address | 37620 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94536 |
| Lines | Amtrak Capitol Corridor, Altamont Commuter Express |
| Connections | AC Transit, Thruway Motorcoach |
| Platforms | 2 250 foot asphalt, side |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Parking | free |
| Other information | |
| Opened | September 1910 |
| Rebuilt | June 1999 |
| Accessible |  |
| Code | FMT |
| Owned by | City of Fremont |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2006) | 26,611 ▼ 4.8% (Amtrak) |
The Centerville Depot is a train station in Fremont, California.
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[edit] Rail Service
- The Altamont Commuter Express only serves the station on weekdays.
- Amtrak's Capital Corridor stops 14 times daily, with seven trains in each direction.
- The Coast Starlight (traveling between Los Angeles and Seattle)passes the station daily, but does not stop.
Amtrak tickets can be purchased from the QuikTrak machine located inside the station waiting area.
The station's platform is too short for most trains, and Fremont Boulevard is often blocked by stopped trains. Some passengers even board from the road.
[edit] Bus Service
- AC Transit has a bus stop across the street, served by Lines 210 & 211. Lines 216 & 232 also serve the station on nearby Peralta Blvd. Lines 211 and 216 connect this station to the Fremont (BART station).
- Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach buses stop right at the station.
[edit] Dining
The Depot Diner (www.dirksdepotdiner.com), located at the west end of the Depot, contains the historic "creamery" counter and chairs from Cloverdale Creamery (which closed in 2000). Fremont Flowers(which in 1956 opened in the Centerville Depot) remodeled the Creamery and moved the original diner chairs and counter to the Depot. The owner of the flower shop also owns the Depot Diner.
[edit] Webcam
Visit depotdiner for live pictures from 3 web cams.
[edit] History
Centerville's first Southern Pacific Railroad station was nothing more than a boxcar, functioning in that capacity from May 1909 to September 1910. In that month the current wooden structure was opened. It was one of sixty Type 23 stations built by Southern Pacific, and its cost was under $5,000 USD. The station was a busy one during its early years, handling both freight and passenger traffic, including two to three daily milk trains. By the mid-1920s, automobile traffic began to grow, and the milk trains were discontinued. Passenger service ended on March 29, 1940. The Railway Express Agency continued to ship to and from the station until 1958. The station was completely closed on September 30, 1961.
The station changed hands many times in the following decades, becoming a furniture store, a spice store, a toy store, and an electronics store at different times. Its condition deteriorated, however, and in 1991 it was abandoned.
On June 4, 1993, Amtrak restored service to the depot. In December of that year, it was acquired by the city.
On March 15, 1995, the station was moved from the south side of the tracks to the north side of the tracks; it was also rotated 180 degrees to allow for more parking space. The station was restored between October 1998 and June 12, 1999. The cost of these projects was over $900,000. The station now appears as it did in 1910. On November 23, 2002, a platform and shelter was built on the south side of the tracks. It is called the Bill Ball Plaza.
| Preceding station | Amtrak | Following station | ||
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toward San Jose
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Capitol Corridor |
toward Auburn
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| Preceding station | Altamont Commuter Express | Following station | ||
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toward San Jose
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ACE |
toward Stockton
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[edit] External links
Coordinates: 37°33′33″N 122°00′26″W / 37.559097°N 122.007176°W
![[1]](http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/NB_Fremont_Blvd_At_Fremont_Amtrak_Station-s.jpg){kind=link}
![[2]](http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/Amtrak-Fremont_Platform-s.jpg){kind=link}