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Building History

The San Joaquin Valley Railroad built a rail line that served Bakersfield, CA, by 1898, but the company was sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad the following year. It was the Santa Fe that erected a passenger depot at Bakersfield in 1899.

The terminal occupied a large property, two blocks long between D Street and F Street. With the nationalization of passenger rail service in the Amtrak system in 1971, the Santa Fe's Bakersfield Station was closed.

Alteration

The local electric railway, the Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway, used the Santa Fe as a hub by 1901. Bus stalls were added to the Bakersfield, CA, station in 1938, when the Santa Fe Railroad developed bus lines that took rail passengers arriving from Oakland, CA, to Los Angeles, CA, and points south.

Demolition

The Santa Fe Line tore down this station in 1972. It located offices supervising freight shipments and parking on the former site.

PCAD id: 17148