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Location | 198 East Emporia Street Ontario, California United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°03′42″N117°38′59″W / 34.0617°N 117.6496°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad Alhambra Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: ONA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebuilt | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Original company | Southern Pacific | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2023 | 11,675 [1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ontario station is an Amtrak train station in Ontario, California, located on the Union Pacific Railroad Alhambra Subdivision. It is served by the thrice-weekly Sunset Limited / Texas Eagle . The station has a covered, open-air pavilion built by the city in 1991. [2]
Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Ontario was the 70th-busiest in fiscal year 2019, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 11 passengers daily (though the station does not receive daily service). [1]
The Omnitrans Route 61 bus operates daily between this station and Pomona–Downtown station, Ontario International Airport, and Fontana station. [3]
The Amtrak Thruway #19 stops here twice daily, providing service between San Bernardino and Bakersfield, and points in between. [4]
Ontario was initially a flag stop on the Southern Pacific Sunset Route. [5]
Local streetcar service was provided nearby at the corner of Euclid and Emporia by the Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company by 1897. [6] The line was acquired by Pacific Electric in 1912, which continued to operate here until 1928. [7] [8]
The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile (560 km) passenger train service serving the communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo.
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Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company is a former railway company which operated in Ontario, California. The company's service is noted for using a unique Gravity Mule Car from 1887 to 1895.
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The Upland–Ontario Line is a former Pacific Electric streetcar line in San Bernardino County, California. Cars did not travel to Downtown Los Angeles and instead provided a local service between Ontario and Upland with through service to Pomona.
The Pomona–Claremont Line was a Pacific Electric streetcar line in Southern California. Unlike most of the company's services, cars did not travel to Downtown Los Angeles and instead provided a suburban service between Pomona, Claremont, and Upland.
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