Santa Fe Depot (San Diego)

Santa Fe Depot
Location	1050 Kettner Boulevard San Diego, CA 92101 United States
Coordinates	32°43′00″N 117°10′10″W / 32.71667°N 117.16944°W / 32.71667; -117.16944Coordinates: 32°43′00″N 117°10′10″W / 32.71667°N 117.16944°W / 32.71667; -117.16944
Owned by	Catellus Development Corporation
Platforms	2 side platforms, 1 island platform (Amtrak/COASTER) 2 side platforms (Trolley)
Tracks	4 (Amtrak/COASTER), 2 (Trolley)
Connections	MTS Bus Routes 2, 83, 210, 215, 235, 923, 992
Construction
Parking	Metered Parking
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	SAN
Fare zone	3 (COASTER)
History
Opened	March 7, 1915
Rebuilt	October 2012 (Trolley platforms)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	773,497  10.5% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Solana Beach toward Goleta, Los Angeles, or San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Terminus San Diego-Old Town (limited service) toward Goleta, Los Angeles, or San Luis Obispo North County Transit District Old Town San Diego toward Oceanside Transit Center COASTER Terminus San Diego Trolley Seaport Village toward 12th & Imperial Transit Center Green Line County Center/Little Italy toward Santee Town Center Terminus Orange Line America Plaza toward El Cajon Transit Center   Future services   America Plaza toward San Ysidro Transit Center Blue Line Mid-Coast Extension (future) County Center/Little Italy toward University Towne Center   Former services   Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Linda Vista toward Los Angeles Surf Line Terminus
Santa Fe Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
San Diego Historic Landmark #56
Location	1050 Kettner St., San Diego, California
Area	4.6 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	1915
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP Reference #	72000248
SDHL #	56
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 26, 1972
Designated SDHL	February 4, 1972
Location
Santa Fe Depot Location within San Diego

The Santa Fe Depot in San Diego, California is a union station built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace the small Victorian-style structure erected in 1887 for the California Southern Railroad Company. The Spanish Colonial Revival style station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its architecture, particularly the signature twin domes, is often echoed in the design of modern buildings in Downtown San Diego. A wing now houses the downtown branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

The Santa Fe Depot (as it was originally designated) officially opened on March 8, 1915, to accommodate visitors to the Panama-California Exposition. The depot was completed during a particularly optimistic period in the City's development, and represents the battle waged by the City of San Diego to become the West Coast terminus of the Santa Fe Railway system’s transcontinental railroad, a fight that was ultimately lost to the City of Los Angeles.

In its heyday, the facility not only handled Santa Fe traffic but also that of the San Diego and Arizona Railway (SD&A) and San Diego Electric Railway (SDERy). The designation was officially changed to "San Diego Union Station" in response to the SD&A's completion of its own transcontinental line in December 1919. The Santa Fe resumed solo operation of the station in January, 1951 when the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (successor to the SD&A) discontinued passenger service, the SDERy having ceased operation some two years prior.