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Amtrak Metrolink Fullerton Santa Fe Depot
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The City of Fullerton, California from a rail perspective.
History, attractions, merchants, lodging, events, transportation, schedules, webcams,
photographs and more are featured for the rail traveler and others interested in trains.
The City of Fullerton was started as a station for the Santa Fe Railroad. George H. Fullerton,
a land agent for the railroad, re-routed the railroad through this city which was originally
planned to be bypassed. Edward and George Amerige, brothers and founders of the city, drove
the first stake for the townsite in 1887.
Recently restored, the Fullerton Santa Fe Depot has become the hub of rail activity for
Orange County and is currently served by over 50 Amtrak and Metrolink passenger trains each
day! The Amtrak Pacific Surfliners stop at the station almost hourly and provide convenient rail
transportation up and down the California coast from as far south as San Diego to as far north
as San Luis Obispo. The Fullerton Depot is also served daily by the Amtrak Southwest Chief
which follows the route of the historic Santa Fe Trail east to Chicago.
Just 35 minutes northeast of Fullerton via the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner is Los Angeles Union
Station (LAUS) where guaranteed connections are provided to the Amtrak Coast Starlight,
the Amtrak Sunset Limited, the Amtrak Texas Eagle and the Amtrak San Joaquins. The Amtrak Coast Starlight provides
transportation to San Francisco, Portland and Seattle with rail connections to Vancouver.
The Amtrak Sunset Limited provies service as far east as New Orleans and the Amtrak Texas Eagle provides service to Chicago
via Texas. The Amtrak San Joaquins provide transportation throughout the California inland valley all the way to the
San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento.
Numerous Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) freight trains also pass through the station
around the clock on three tracks heading east to Cajon Pass, south to San Diego and Mexico,
and west to Los Angeles. Plentiful seating at the station, including food and beverage service
right at the platform from the Santa Fe Cafe, has made this station one of the most popular
locations for watching and photographing trains in southern California!
The Fullerton Santa Fe Depot has plentiful parking, including long-term garage parking for
Amtrak travelers with a pass obtained from the Amtrak Ticket Office. Historic downtown
Fullerton is within walking distance from the depot and features numerous shops and
restaurants. Of special interest to rail history buffs would be The Old Spaghetti Factory and
Spadra. The Old Spaghetti Factory is in the original Union Pacific Station building
adjacent to the depot and has a view of the tracks. Spadra, a fine Italian restaurant, is
across the parking lot from the depot and used to be the station for the Pacific Electric red intercity
trolley car system.
With all the rail activity through the Fullerton Depot, it is a natural gathering spot for railfans
far and wide! There is plentiful seating up and down the entire platform on both sides of the tracks.
The Santa Fe Express Cafe has patio tables right on the station platform and is a favorite place for
railfans to hang out with a cup of coffee or a snack.
Train Travel Meetup Group
If you enjoy travel by train, then you should come to our monthly Train Travel Meetups that are held near the Fullerton Depot.
The Train Travel Meetup Group is not a passenger rail advocacy group nor a nuts & bolts railfan group. We are just a bunch of
people that like to get together and discuss our rail travel experiences in a relaxed atmosphere over some food and drinks!
If you like to travel by rail, or are interested in getting started in rail travel, then you should come to our meeting!
If you have questions about travel on Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada, or on most other excursion and tourist railways, bring your
questions to the meeting. Someone will probably have answers to your questions!
Click here if you would like more information about this group.
TrainWeb Office
TrainWeb had an office at the Fullerton Santa Fe Depot directly above the Amtrak Ticket Office from September 1, 1997
until June 1, 2005. After that, TrainWeb moved a few blocks down the street to acquire a storefront and inventory space for our
new division called TrainParty.com that sells railroad themed party
supplies. However, that grew so rapidly that
we had to move TrainWeb out of California all together to a nationally more central location where shipping would be faster
and cheaper and greater storage space for our inventory would be much less costly. If you take the Amtrak Southwest Chief east that
departs from the Fullerton Depot every evening and travel until you reach the La Plata Amtrak Station in Missouri, you will be
right across the street from the new TrainWeb facility!
Click here for more information about our new facility
in La Plata, Missouri, and
click here to visit
SilverRails.com where you will find information about all of our
railroad related ventures!
Click here
for photos and a list of people that have visited the TrainWeb office from out of state
and from out of the country!
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This page last updated: 07/05/2011
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