Lodi, CA
Trackside of the Lodi Transit Station
General information
Other namesLodi Transit Station
Location24 South Sacramento Street
Lodi, California
United States
Coordinates 38°08′00″N 121°16′19″W / 38.1332°N 121.272°W / 38.1332; -121.272
Owned byCity of Lodi, Union Pacific Railroad
Line(s)UP Fresno Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: LOD
History
Opened1907
Rebuilt2002
Original companyCentral Pacific Railroad
Passengers
FY 20221,584[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station 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
Location

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.

In fiscal year 2019, Lodi was the 59th-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 30 passengers daily.[2]

History

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]

References

  1. ↑ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 3.
  2. 1 2 "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Lodi Transit Station History". Lodi.gov. City of Lodi. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ Bender, Henry E. Jr. (2013). Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots. Berkeley and Wilton, California: Signature Press. p. 241. ISBN 9781930013339.
  5. 1 2 "Lodi, CA (LOD)". www.greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ Diamond, Randy (October 18, 2021). "Amtrak train service from Sacramento to Bakersfield back on track after COVID hiatus". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved October 22, 2021.



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