Cloverdale station

Cloverdale station is a bus station and future intermodal station in Cloverdale, California. It is served by Amtrak Thruway 7 and Sonoma County Transit^[2] buses. Additional service to Sonoma County Airport station is provided by Sonoma County Transit under contract by Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit.^[2]

Cloverdale
Cloverdale station in July 2022
General information
Location	501 Asti Road Cloverdale, California
Coordinates	38.7985°N 123.0119°W / 38.7985; -123.0119
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Amtrak Thruway 7 Sonoma County Transit
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: CLV
History
Opened	1998 (1998) (bus)
Future services
Preceding station SMART Following station Terminus Future service Healdsburg toward Larkspur
Cloverdale Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Railroad Avenue Cloverdale, California
Coordinates	38°48′14″N 123°00′41″W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Demolished	c. 1991
NRHP reference No.	76000536[1]
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976
Location

History

The unused rail platform in 2022

A rail station previously served Cloverdale along the original Northwestern Pacific Railroad, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as Cloverdale Railroad Station. Train service began in 1872; the station was 82.5 by 32.3 feet (25.1 m × 9.8 m) in plan, of a "never numerous" but important rural railroad station type.^[3] That station, however, was destroyed in a fire in 1991.^[4] 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.^[5]

The depot must legally serve as the northern terminus of the Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit main line.^{[citation needed]} It is expected open to passenger trains after further phases of construction. The 2018 California State Rail Plan called for the station to see SMART service by 2027.^[6]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Moore, Derek (July 14, 2017). "Sonoma County adds bus routes designed to serve SMART train users". The Press Democrat. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
3. T. E. Naughton (February 9, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cloverdale Railroad Station". National Park Service. Retrieved January 31, 2021. With accompanying 10 photos, historic and from 1975
4. "Historic Depot consumed in morning blaze". Cloverdale Reveille. Cloverdale, California. September 25, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
5. Mason, Clark (July 15, 2010). "Cloverdale's vision to link downtown to train depot". Sonoma Media Investments. The Press Democrat. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
6. "2018 California State Rail Plan" (PDF). CalTrans. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

Media related to Cloverdale station at Wikimedia Commons

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