Union Station
800 N. Alameda St.
Opened 1939
Number of station tracks: 16 stub
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
Terminal Tower: controlled the immediate station area
Mission Tower: controlled junctions with the various railroads serving the station
Although this is a stub station, it is more similar to a through station, with the main station building on the side and a concourse passing underneath the tracks. There had been considerations to develop it as a through station, but that never happened.
In 1939, the new Union Station replaced the following older separate stations.
La Grande Station
2nd St. and Santa Fe Ave.
Opened 1893
Central Station
5th St. and Alameda St.
Opened 1914, replacing Arcade Station built in 1888
Union Pacific Station
1st St. east of the Los Angeles River
Opened 1891
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 24 Grand Canyon Limited Chicago 8:15 1:15 pm 9:00 pm 70 San Diegan San Diego 8:30 7:45 am 72 San Diegan San Diego 9:15 9:00 am 42 (Motor Train) S. Bernardino 9:50 20 Chief Chicago 12:01 10:00 pm 74 San Diegan San Diego 12:30 12:30 pm 7:30 am 22 El Capitan Chicago 1:30 1:30 pm 76 San Diegan San Diego 4:30 4:30 pm 11:00 am 54 (Motor Train) S. Bernardino 5:20 4 California Limited Chicago 7:15 11:30 pm 18 Super Chief Chicago 8:00 7:00 pm 7:30 pm 2 Scout Chicago 8:15 78 San Diegan San Diego 9:00 8:00 pm 7:45 am 8 Fast Mail Express Chicago 11:10 80 San Diegan San Diego 11:15 pmArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 81 San Diegan San Diego 12:30 am 21 El Capitan Chicago 7:30 7:15 am 1 Scout Chicago 8:00 17 Super Chief Chicago 9:00 8:30 am 9:00 am 51 (Motor Train) S. Bernardino 9:10 71 San Diegan San Diego 10:45 8:00 am 19 Chief Chicago 11:50 10:30 pm 3 California Limited Chicago 12:15 7:30 pm 73 San Diegan San Diego 3:15 11:30 am 9:55 am 53 (Motor Train) S. Bernardino 4:00 75 San Diegan San Diego 5:45 1:45 pm 2:25 pm 77 San Diegan San Diego 6:45 6:25 pm 6:55 pm 7 Fast Mail Express Chicago 8:00 23 Grand Canyon Limited Chicago 8:30 11:55 am 6:00 am 79 San Diegan San Diego 10:45 9:30 pmPassenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 99 Morning Daylight San Francisco 8:15 7:15 am 8:30 am 51 San Joaquin Daylight San Francisco 8:30 6:25 am 7:00 am 71 San Francisco 8:35 91 12:01 am 2 Sunset Limited New Orleans 9:45 7:30 pm 10:00 pm 25 Owl San Francisco 6:00 57 6:05 pm 69 Coaster San Francisco 7:00 95 6:45 pm 59 West Coast Portland 7:15 6:35 pm 6 Argonaut New Orleans 7:30 9:15 pm 44 Californian Chicago 8:10 40 7:40 pm 4 Golden State Ltd. Chicago 8:15 1:30 pm 55 Tehachapi Fresno 8:25 75 Lark San Francisco 9:00 8:00 pmArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 56 Tehachapi Fresno 4:00 43 Californian Chicago 7:45 39 5:50 am 5 Argonaut New Orleans 8:00 3:30 pm 70 Coaster San Francisco 8:25 94 5:45 am 26 Owl San Francisco 8:35 58 10:50 am 76 Lark San Francisco 9:00 7:30 am 60 West Coast Portland 9:10 7:15 am 1 Sunset Limited New Orleans 4:20 4:15 pm 6:30 am 98 Morning Daylight San Francisco 5:45 5:00 pm 8:05 pm 3 Golden State Ltd. Chicago 7:40 7:40 am 52 San Joaquin Daylight San Francisco 8:00 7:00 pm 7:50 pm 72 San Francisco 10:35 90 4:30 pmPassenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 24 Pacific Limited Kansas City 11:00 10 10:30 am 104 City of Los Angeles Chicago 6:30 pm 4:30 pm 12:20 pm 38 Los Angeles Limited Ogden 8:00 pm 8 L. A. Challenger Chicago 8:05 pmArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 37 Los Angeles Limited Ogden 7:40 am 7 L. A. Challenger Chicago 7:50 am 103 City of Los Angeles Chicago 8:00 am 9:30 am 1:30 pm 23 Pacific Limited Kansas City 10:30 pm 9 3:15 pmPassenger service discontinued in 1971 with the creation of Amtrak, last train was the City of Los Angeles.
Trains 9-10, the City of St. Louis, replaced the Pacific Limited in 1947. The City of St. Louis operated via Wabash Railroad east of Kansas City.
Los Angeles Union Station (Wikipedia)
Link to a Web site containing further information, photos, and future plans.
The La Grande Station was owned by Santa Fe, and Central Station was owned by Southern Pacific. The Union Pacific Station burned in 1924, and Union Pacific then moved its trains into Central Station.