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Richmond station (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)

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During expansion of the Richmond rail yard in 1944, the station and freight house were moved eastward; the portico was replaced with an extension of the station building, which was stuccoed. The Santa Fe branch to Oakland closed on June 15, 1958, leaving Richmond as the transfer point to buses
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on April 23, 1933, replacing the Point Richmond passenger ferries, though Ferry Point was used for freight until 1975. (On July 1, 1938, the Santa Fe reverted to its previous Oakland terminal, with buses to San Francisco using the newly opened
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on Point Richmond the west terminus of its transcontinental mainline, where passengers could board ferries to San Francisco. A station was soon built at the west end of Macdonald Avenue next to the Santa Fe rail yard. It was a two-story wooden
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opened to Richmond in 1900; service ran until 1971, and the station was demolished in the 1990s. It was the railway's western passenger terminal from 1938 until its closure.
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for employees (later used as a trainmaster's office) was located nearby. A station was also located at Richmond Avenue in the Point Richmond neighborhood from 1903 to 1918.
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structure with a one-story portico on the southwest side and a one-story freight house on the northeast side. A small
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to San Francisco. Santa Fe passenger service to Richmond ended entirely in 1971 when the
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond, Contra Costa County, California
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from Richmond to Oakland. Santa Fe trains began connecting with
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Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 1968
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A black and white photo of a two-story stucco-covered railroad station
Richmond, California
37°56′11″N 122°22′26″W / 37.9364°N 122.3738°W / 37.9364; -122.3738
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Valley Division
Pinole
Barstow
Ferry Point
Berkeley
Oakland Pier
railway station
Richmond, California
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Ferry Point
Craftsman style
reading room
a branch line
Southern Pacific
Oakland Mole
Bay Bridge
San Francisco Chief


"Richmond, CA (RIC)"
"Photographs: Written Historical and Descriptive Data: Santa Fe Railroad Depot"
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond, Contra Costa County, California
"Primary Record: Santa Fe Trainmaster's Office"

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