Santa Rosa–Railroad Square (SMART station)

Santa Rosa–Railroad Square
SMART train station

Santa Rosa Depot in 2010
Location 7 4th Street
Santa Rosa, California
United States
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 4
History
Opened 1903
Rebuilt 2017 (expected)
Previous names Santa Rosa
Services
Preceding station   SMART   Following station
Phase 1
Railroad Square District
Site of station in California
Coordinates 38°26′16″N 122°43′18″W / 38.4377°N 122.7218°W / 38.4377; -122.7218Coordinates: 38°26′16″N 122°43′18″W / 38.4377°N 122.7218°W / 38.4377; -122.7218
Built by Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Part of Railroad Square District (#79000561)
Added to NRHP April 20, 1979

Santa Rosa–Railroad Square is a Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit train station in Santa Rosa scheduled to open in 2017. It is located west of Wilson Street between 4th and 5th Streets, across the U.S. Route 101 freeway from downtown at the site of the Santa Rosa Northwestern Pacific Railroad Depot.

History

Postcard of a Northwestern Pacific Railroad train at the Santa Rosa station in 1911.

The original Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) Depot was built in 1903. Surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the station was eventually served by ten trains a day. Increased automobile ownership and highway construction led to decline of rail use in Sonoma County, thus leading to disuse of the facility as a passenger terminal.[1]

Alfred Hitchcock's 1943 film, Shadow of a Doubt, featured scenes filmed at the original NWP depot.[2]

Railroad Square Historic District

The station is the focal point of the Railroad Square Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places historic district designated in 1979.

References

  1. ↑ "A History of Railroad Square". Historic Railroad Square Association. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Fimrite, Peter (18 April 2008). "Windsor rebuilds depot sans train". Hears Communications. San Francisco Gate. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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