Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

The Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (shortened to Santa Ana Transit Center and also known as Santa Ana station) is a transit center in Santa Ana, California, United States. It is used by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink's Orange County Line and Inland Empire–Orange County Line trains. It is also a Greyhound station and a hub for the Orange County Transportation Authority bus system as well as a terminal for international bus services to Mexico. History The Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center was preceded by several earlier buildings. When the current station opened on September 7, 1985, it was the largest new rail station built in the United States since the completion of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal circa 1955. The center was erected on the site of a former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway combination depot that had been constructed in 1939 and closed in 1982. The station, which cost approximately $17 million, was funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Caltrans, and the city of Santa Ana. In FY2010 Santa Ana was the 22nd-busiest of Amtrak's 73 California stations, boarding or detraining an average of about 420 passengers daily. Future service Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center will be the eastern terminus of the OC Streetcar, a 4.15-mile (6.68 km) streetcar line through Downtown Santa Ana, a major regional employment area, to a new transit center and Park and Ride in Garden Grove at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue (both major bus corridors). Design The station was designed by the Blurock Partnership architectural firm in the Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival architectural styles to complement the region's older buildings. Features include red barrel roof tiles, arcades, colonnades, exterior walls finished to resemble stucco, and the extensive use of painted tiles for decoration. Service Train hours and frequency Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is served by 26 Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (13 in each direction) evenly spaced throughout the day. Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is served by 26 Metrolink Orange County Line trains (13 in each direction) each weekday, evenly spaced throughout the day. Weekend service consists of 4 trains (2 in each direction) on both Saturday and Sunday, running in each direction in the morning and evening. Additionally, the station is served by 18 Metrolink Inland Empire–Orange County Line trains (9 in each direction) each weekday, running primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel. Weekend service consists of 4 trains (2 in each direction) on both Saturday and Sunday, heading towards Orange County in the morning and towards the Inland Empire in the evening. Bus services OC Bus: 59, 83, Rapid 560, 862 Crucero USA Greyhound Lines In popular culture The last scene in the movie Rain Man was filmed at the station. Its exterior and interior appeared in the second season of True Detective in 2015. References External links Santa Ana – Metrolink Santa Ana, CA – Amtrak Santa Ana, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak) DOT profile of Santa Ana Station Santa Ana Amtrak-Metrolink Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb) Orange County Transportation Authority