Southern Pacific Station
700 Sumner Street
Bakersfield
CA
United States
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The Bakersfield Southern Pacific Station in Bakersfield, California, was the train station used by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The station opened in June 27, 1889 in the town of Sumner (which was later annexed by Bakersfield). The station was a mixture of: Richardsonian Romanesque, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Moderne styles. It was closed in 1971, after the formation of Amtrak.
The station served Southern Pacific passenger trains that ran on the San Joaquin Valley Route. They included: San Joaquin Daylight, Sacramento Daylight, Owl, and West Coast. It is currently used as an office building and crew change center by Union Pacific. On extremely rare occasions, it is used as a stop for the Coast Starlight when Union Pacific’s Coast Line is closed