Fremont-Centerville (Amtrak station)

Fremont
Amtrak and ACE commuter rail station
Fremont station, as seen from SR 84.
Location	37260 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94536
Coordinates	37°33′33″N 122°00′26″W / 37.559097°N 122.007176°W / 37.559097; -122.007176Coordinates: 37°33′33″N 122°00′26″W / 37.559097°N 122.007176°W / 37.559097; -122.007176
Owned by	City of Fremont
Line(s)	Capitol Corridor   ACE
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit, Thruway Motorcoach
Construction
Parking	free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	FMT
History
Opened	September 1910
Rebuilt	June 1999
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	35,475  2.9% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Santa Clara – Great America toward San Jose Capitol Corridor Hayward toward Auburn Altamont Corridor Express Great America toward San Jose ACE Pleasanton toward Stockton
Location
Location within California

Fremont station is located in Fremont, California and is served by Amtrak's Capitol Corridor and the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE).

The Station is located in Alameda County.

Amtrak tickets can be purchased from the QuikTrak machine located inside the station waiting area.

The station has two outside-boarding platforms. Platform 1, nearest the station on the north side of the tracks, is of standard length for Capitol Corridor trains (typically five cars long). Platform 2, on the south side of the tracks, is a short platform, and most trains calling on that platform board from only one or two cars. The usual operating practice is to have all ACE trains call at Platform 1, and to only have Capitol Corridor trains call at Platform 2 when there is another service (ACE or Capitol Corridor) running the opposite direction around the same time, so as to allow the two trains to pass on the double-track segment between Newark Junction and Niles Junction.

The Fremont Boulevard grade crossing is immediately to the west of the station, and is sometimes blocked by stopped trains. Occasionally, passengers board the train from the road.

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Fremont was the 36th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of about 120 passengers daily.

The Depot Diner, 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 depot) moved the original diner chairs and counter to the depot. The owner of the flower shop also owns the Depot Diner.

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 shipping to and from the station until 1958. The station was completely closed on September 30, 1961.