Lodi Transit Station

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Lodi, CA
Lodi Amtrak station.jpg
Track side of the Lodi Transit Station in 2007
General information
Other namesLodi Transit Station
Location24 South Sacramento Street
Lodi, California
United States
Coordinates 38°08′00″N121°16′19″W / 38.1332°N 121.272°W / 38.1332; -121.272
Owned by City of Lodi, Union Pacific Railroad
Line(s)UP Fresno Subdivision [1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: LOD
History
Opened1869
Rebuilt1907, 2002
Original company Central Pacific Railroad
Passengers
FY 20235,145 [2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Sacramento
Terminus
San Joaquins Stockton–Downtown
toward Bakersfield
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Urgon
toward Sacramento
Sacramento – Lathrop Armstrong
toward Lathrop
Galt
toward Sacramento
Sacramento Daylight Stockton
toward Los Angeles
Future services
Preceding station Altamont Corridor Express Following station
Elk Grove
Opens 2026
San Jose – Natomas Stockton
toward San Jose or Merced
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Elk Grove
Opens 2026
San Joaquins Stockton–Downtown
toward Bakersfield or Oakland
Location
Lodi Transit Station

Lodi Transit Station, [3] or simply Lodi station, is an intermodal transit facility in Lodi, California. It serves the San Joaquins rail line, is the hub for the local Lodi GrapeLine bus service and is also served by other intercity buses.

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History

The Sacramento Daylight at Lodi in 1971 SP 3006 at Lodi with with Sac Daylight 3 71RP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg
The Sacramento Daylight at Lodi in 1971

Rail service to the area began in 1869, when the Central Pacific Railroad established a depot where the present station stands. Local landowning families had donated the site of the town eventually known as Lodi to the railroad as an incentive to build there. The original building burned down in 1906, and Southern Pacific Railroad, the successor to the Central Pacific, erected a new colonnade-style depot in 1907 [4] half a block to the north. When Amtrak took over passenger rail service in 1971, the Lodi station closed. [5]

In 1993, Amtrak studied the possibility of reopening stops in California's Central Valley, and interest grew in restoring Lodi station. The San Joaquin made a ceremonial stop there in 1999, and the city commenced plans to create an intermodal transit hub, Lodi Transit Station. The $2.3 million project involved moving the 1907 railroad building to its present location on South Sacramento Street to accommodate a new passenger platform, and additions including bus bays, a waiting room, a clock tower, and a Gateway Arch. Full rail service began on March 18, 2002. In 2011, the station saw new additions funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. [5]

Rail service was temporarily suspended between March 2020 and October 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] As of 2024, Amtrak plans to modify the platform for accessibility later in the 2020s. [7]

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References

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