Cloverdale Depot

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Cloverdale Depot
Bus station
Location 501 Asti Road
Cloverdale, California
Coordinates 38°47′55″N123°00′43″W / 38.7985°N 123.0119°W / 38.7985; -123.0119 Coordinates: 38°47′55″N123°00′43″W / 38.7985°N 123.0119°W / 38.7985; -123.0119
Train operators Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (future)
Bus operators Amtrak Thruway
Sonoma County Transit
Construction
Structure type At grade
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code CLO
History
Opened 1998 (1998)
Services
 Future service 
Preceding station  Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit  Following station
TerminusFuture

Cloverdale Depot is a bus station and future intermodal station in Cloverdale, California. It is served by Amtrak Thruway and Sonoma County Transit [1] buses. Additional service to Sonoma County Airport station is provided by Sonoma County Transit under contract by Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit. [1]

Bus station structure, larger than a bus stop, where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers

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History

A rail station previously served Cloverdale along the original Northwestern Pacific Railroad – that station was destroyed in a fire in 1991. [2] The rail line was rerouted to its current right of way to make room for U.S. Route 101 and the current station was built in 1998 with the anticipation of future rail service. [3] The depot must legally serve as the northern terminus of the Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit main line; it will open to passenger trains after further phases of construction. The 2018 California State Rail Plan calls for the station to see SMART service by 2027. [4]

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U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in the state of California is one of the last remaining and longest U.S. Routes still active in the state, and the longest highway of any kind in California. US 101 was also one of the original national routes established in 1926. Significant portions of US 101 between the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area follow El Camino Real, the historic road connecting the former Alta California's 21 missions.

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References

  1. 1 2 Moore, Derek (14 July 2017). "Sonoma County adds bus routes designed to serve SMART train users". The Press Democrat. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Historic Depot consumed in morning blaze". Cloverdale Reveille. Cloverdale, California. September 25, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ Mason, Clark (15 July 2010). "Cloverdale's vision to link downtown to train depot". Sonoma Media Investments. The Press Democrat. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "2018 California State Rail Plan (Draft)" (PDF). CalTrans. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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