Los Angeles
Arcade Depot
Arcade Depot c. 1895–1900
General information
LocationFourth and Alameda
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°02′30″N 118°14′20″W / 34.0418°N 118.2389°W / 34.0418; -118.2389
Owned bySouthern Pacific Railroad
History
Opened1888 (1888)[1]
Closed1914 (1914)[1]
Services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Glendale
toward San Francisco
 Coast Line Terminus
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
6th and San Pedro
towards Richardson
 Edendale
Local		 Terminus
Terminus Los Angeles SP–Pasadena SP
(1912–1914)
 Aliso and San Pedro
towards Pasadena SP
Sierra Vista
Local
(1912–1914)
 6th and San Pedro
towards Sierra Vista

The Arcade Depot was the main Southern Pacific Railroad passenger railway station, from 1888 until 1914. It was located on Alameda Street, between 5th and 6th Streets, in Los Angeles, California.

History

Steam train at Arcade Depot (1891)

The land for the station was furnished to Southern Pacific by the City of Los Angeles, which was intended to lure the railroad to town.[2] The Victorian style wooden station was completed in 1888.[2] It was located on the site of the former orange groves of William Wolfskill, on the east side of Downtown Los Angeles towards the Los Angeles River.[1] It was a massive wooden structure, 500 feet (150 m) long, with skylights and an arched roof clearing 90 feet (27 m) above the platforms below.[1] A palm tree was replanted outside the station during its opening year.[3]

The station replaced the Southern Pacific River Station as the main L.A. passenger terminal, which was located next to a freight yard farther outside of downtown L.A.[1]

In addition to mainline steam trains, the depot was also served by Pacific Electric Red Cars.[4]

The Arcade Depot was closed in 1914, when the Southern Pacific opened the Los Angeles Central Station, in eastern Downtown Los Angeles. The old depot was demolished soon after to make room for new outdoor platforms serving Central Station.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Masters, Nathan (January 17, 2013). "Lost Train Depots of Los Angeles". Socal Focus. KCET. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. 1 2 Stargel, Cory; Stargel, Sarah (2009). Early Downtown Los Angeles. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 70–72. ISBN 9780738570037.
  3. ↑ Nathan Masters (17 April 2013). "CityDig: L.A.'s Oldest Palm Tree". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  4. ↑ 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. pp. 11, 84–85. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
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