Emeryville station

Emeryville
Looking southward over Emeryville's Amtrak station
Location	5885 Horton Street Emeryville, CA 94608
Owned by	City of Emeryville
Line(s)	California Zephyr   Capitol Corridor   Coast Starlight   San Joaquin
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	5
Construction
Parking	Free
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	EMY
History
Opened	August 13, 1993
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	587,926[1]  1.6% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Terminus California Zephyr Richmond toward Chicago Oakland-Jack London Square toward San Jose Capitol Corridor Berkeley toward Auburn Oakland-Jack London Square toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight Martinez toward Seattle Oakland-Jack London Square toward Oakland-Jack London Square San Joaquin Richmond toward Bakersfield
Location
Location within California

Emeryville is an Amtrak station in Emeryville, California that replaced the older Amtrak 16th Street Station in Oakland. The original Beaux-Arts Oakland 16th Street Station was declared unsafe due to unreinforced masonry after sustaining damage in the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989. Emeryville opened on August 13, 1993, although service continued at Oakland for another year.^[2]

The station is served by Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor and San Joaquins and Amtrak's Coast Starlight. It is also the western terminus of Amtrak's California Zephyr; there is no wye at Amtrak's new Oakland station near Jack London Square, so it would be necessary to back a long train along Oakland's Embarcadero to the Union Pacific yards.

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Emeryville was the fourth busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 1,607 passengers daily.^[3]

Platforms and tracks

1-2	■ California Zephyr	toward Chicago (Richmond)
	■ Capitol Corridor	toward Auburn (Berkeley)
	■ Capitol Corridor	toward San Jose (Oakland – Jack London Square)
	■ Coast Starlight	toward Seattle (Martinez)
	■ Coast Starlight	toward Los Angeles (Oakland – Jack London Square)
	■ San Joaquin	toward Bakersfield (Richmond)
	■ San Joaquin	toward Oakland – Jack London Square (Terminus)
3-5	■ Freight lines	No passenger service

Transit connections

Extensive Amtrak Thruway bus connections are available in Emeryville. Route 99^[4] connects all arriving and departing trains with San Francisco. Additional connections are provided by Route 17^[5] to Santa Barbara and Route 34^[6] to Stockton.

Several public transit bus lines serve the station vicinity:

• The free Emery Go-Round Hollis and Hollis South routes stop on Horton Street, across the street from the station.
• Golden Gate Transit Route 580 stops on Hollis Street, a short walk east of the station.
• AC Transit Route 26 stops on Shellmound Street, across the pedestrian bridge located at the station.

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
2. National Association of Railroad Passengers (August 13, 1993). "Hotline #786". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 99
5. Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 34
6. Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 34

External links

Media related to Emeryville station at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Emeryville, CA
• Emeryville Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)

Coordinates: 37°50′26″N 122°17′33″W / 37.840682°N 122.292477°W

• Emeryville (EMY)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)