Goleta Depot

Goleta Depot is a train station building in , constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route linking and .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places
  • Address: 300 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta, CA 93117

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Goleta Railroad Museum and Stow House.

Museum
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The South Coast Railroad Museum in is a showplace for the Goleta Depot, a preserved 1901 Southern Pacific Railroad train station. The museum also features the Goleta Short Line, a 7+1⁄2 in gauge miniature railroad, a Southern Pacific bay-window caboose, and a model train layout room, set in a panorama of the cities of Goleta and , in the early 1940’s.

Museum
The is a historical landmark in , , United States. Formerly the headquarters of Rancho La Patera, the , in the Carpenter Gothic style, is now the headquarters of Goleta Historical Society which preserves and interprets the history of the Goleta Valley. is situated 330 feet northeast of Goleta Depot.

Railway station
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is a passenger rail station in the city of . It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; it is the northern terminal for three of those round trips. is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Goleta Depot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goleta and Isla Vista.

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is a city a few miles west of and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within , . This article also covers the unincorporated community of Isla Vista, which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Town
Goleta is a city a few miles west of and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within , . This article also covers the unincorporated community of , which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara. is situated 2 miles south of Goleta Depot.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated coastal suburb of , located in Santa Barbara County. It is bounded on the east by , on the north and west by the unincorporated area of the eastern Goleta Valley, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. is situated 5 miles east of Goleta Depot.

Goleta Depot

Latitude
34.44246° or 34° 26′ 33″ north
Longitude
-119.85262° or 119° 51′ 9″ west
Established
1901
Roof shape
gabled
Open location code
8562C4RW+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 275869212
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­train_station
Wiki­data ID
Q5580528
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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“Goleta Depot” goes by many names.
  • French: “Goleta Depot”
  • Urdu: “گولیٹا ڈیپو”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: South Coast Railroad Museum Visitor Center and Goleta Short Line.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Edgar Stow’s Lab and Bunkhouse.

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