page_title: Santa Fe Depot (San Diego)
section_title: Station layout
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Fe Depot (San Diego) / Station layout
caption_attribution_description: English: Railway platforms of Santa Fe.
context_page_description: The Santa Fe Depot in San Diego, California, is a union station built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace the small Victorian-style structure erected in 1887 for the California Southern Railroad Company. The Spanish Colonial Revival style station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its architecture, particularly the signature twin domes, is often echoed in the design of modern buildings in Downtown San Diego. A wing now houses the downtown branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
  The Santa Fe Depot officially opened on March 8, 1915, to accommodate visitors to the Panama-California Exposition. The depot was completed during a particularly optimistic period in the City's development, and represents the battle waged by the City of San Diego to become the West Coast terminus of the Santa Fe Railway system's transcontinental railroad, a fight that was ultimately lost to the City of Los Angeles. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  In its heyday, the facility not only handled Santa Fe traffic but also that of the San Diego and Arizona Railway and San Diego Electric Railway.
context_section_description: The depot has six tracks. The two eastern tracks handle trolley service, while the remaining tracks handle both commuter and intercity rail service. BNSF trains pass through the station on the commuter/intercity rail tracks to either head south towards the freight yards, or northwards away from San Diego.
caption: The railway platform with the Pacific Surfliner and COASTER.
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