Ontario station (Amtrak)

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Ontario, CA
Sunset Limited at Ontario station, March 22, 1995.jpg
The Sunset Limited at Ontario station in March 1995
General information
Location198 East Emporia Street
Ontario, California
United States
Coordinates 34°03′42″N117°38′59″W / 34.0617°N 117.6496°W / 34.0617; -117.6496
Line(s) Union Pacific Railroad Alhambra Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station code Amtrak: ONA
History
Rebuilt1991
Original company Southern Pacific
Passengers
FY 20223,374 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Pomona
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited Palm Springs
toward New Orleans
Texas Eagle Palm Springs
toward Chicago
Previous services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Pomona
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Route Colton
toward New Orleans
Preceding station PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric Following station
Transit & Commercial Court
towards Upland
Upland–Ontario Terminus
Location
Ontario station (Amtrak)

Ontario station is an Amtrak train station in Ontario, California, located on the Union Pacific Railroad Alhambra Subdivision. It is served by the thrice-weekly Sunset Limited / Texas Eagle . The station has a covered, open-air pavilion built by the city in 1991. [2]

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Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Ontario was the 70th-busiest in fiscal year 2019, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 11 passengers daily (though the station does not receive daily service). [1]

The Omnitrans Route 61 bus operates daily between this station and Pomona–Downtown station, Ontario International Airport, and Fontana station. [3]

The Amtrak Thruway #19 stops here twice daily, providing service between San Bernardino and Bakersfield, and points in between. [4]

History

Ontario was initially a flag stop on the Southern Pacific Sunset Route. [5]

Local streetcar service was provided nearby at the corner of Euclid and Emporia by the Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company by 1897. [6] The line was acquired by Pacific Electric in 1912, which continued to operate here until 1928. [7] [8]

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References

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  2. "Ontario, CA (ONA)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  3. /https://omnitrans.org/wp-content/themes/omninew/timetables/rte_pdf/Route_61.pdf
  4. "Route19".
  5. "Southern Pacific Time Tables Sunset Route" (PDF). wx4's Dome of Foam. Southern Pacific Transportation Company. August 1935. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  6. Cucamonga (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1897. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  7. "Ontario & San Antonio Heights Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  8. Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 88. ASIN   B0007F8D84. OCLC   6565577.

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