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Coordinates: 38°47′55″N 123°00′43″W / 38.7985°N 123.0119°W / 38.7985; -123.0119
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Cloverdale
Cloverdale station in July 2022
General information
Location501 Asti Road
Cloverdale, California
Coordinates38°47′55″N 123°00′43″W / 38.7985°N 123.0119°W / 38.7985; -123.0119
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus transport Amtrak Thruway 7
Bus transport Sonoma County Transit
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeSMART: CLO
Amtrak: CLV
History
Opened1997 (1997) (bus)
Future services
Preceding station SMART Following station
Terminus Future service Healdsburg
toward Larkspur
Cloverdale Railroad Station
LocationRailroad Avenue
Cloverdale, California
Coordinates38°48′14″N 123°00′41″W / 38.80389°N 123.01139°W / 38.80389; -123.01139 (Cloverdale Railroad Station)
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
DemolishedSeptember 1991
NRHP reference No.76000536[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976
Location
Map

Cloverdale station is a bus station and future intermodal station in Cloverdale, California. It is served by Amtrak Thruway 7 and Sonoma County Transit[2] buses. Additional service to Sonoma County Airport station is provided by Sonoma County Transit under contract by Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit.[2]

History

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A rail station previously served Cloverdale along the original Northwestern Pacific Railroad, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as Cloverdale Railroad Station. Train service began in 1872; the station was 82.5 by 32.3 feet (25.1 m × 9.8 m) in plan, of a "never numerous" but important rural railroad station type.[3] Passenger service ended in 1958. As part of the project to reroute U.S. Route 101 on a bypass around Cloverdale, the disused station building had been planned to be relocated and used as a railway museum.[4] That station, however, was destroyed in a fire on September 21, 1991.[5][4]

The unused rail platform in 2022

With the anticipation of future rail service, the city sought to construct a new facility to serve its public transit needs.[6] The bus bays and park and ride lot were completed in 1997.[7] The new station building was constructed the following year,[8] being dedicated on May 15, 1999.[9] Construction costs amounted to $1.9 million (equivalent to $3.81 million in 2024 adjusted for inflation),[10] accumulated from local, state, and federal sources.[6] The new facility served as a bus station, and the Northwestern Pacific Railroad would go on to move their corporate offices into the new building,[11] but the initiation of new rail service stalled.

The depot must legally serve as the northern terminus of the Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit main line.[citation needed] It is expected open to passenger trains after further phases of construction. The 2018 California State Rail Plan called for the station to see SMART service by 2027.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Moore, Derek (July 14, 2017). "Sonoma County adds bus routes designed to serve SMART train users". The Press Democrat. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  3. ^ T. E. Naughton (February 9, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cloverdale Railroad Station". National Park Service. Retrieved January 31, 2021. With accompanying 10 photos, historic and from 1975
  4. ^ a b Herring, Les (July 22, 1992). "Cloverdale Depot Association disbanded". Cloverdale, California. Cloverdale Reveille. p. 1. Retrieved March 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  5. ^ "Historic Depot consumed in morning blaze". Cloverdale Reveille. Cloverdale, California. September 25, 1991. pp. 1, 12. Retrieved March 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  6. ^ a b Norberg, Bob (May 2, 1996). "Cloverdale building depot for tourist run". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. B2. Retrieved March 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  7. ^ "Committee selects depot artist for Cloverdale". Cloverdale Reveille. Cloverdale, California. September 30, 1998. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  8. ^ Mason, Clark (July 15, 2010). "Cloverdale's vision to link downtown to train depot". The Press Democrat. Sonoma Media Investments. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  9. ^ "Dedication of new depot scheduled Saturday at 3 p.m." Cloverdale Reveille. Cloverdale, California. May 12, 1999. p. 1. Retrieved March 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  10. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "Cloverdale depot headquarters for NW Railroad". Cloverdale Reveille. Cloverdale, California. October 20, 1999. p. 1. Retrieved March 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  12. ^ "2018 California State Rail Plan" (PDF). CalTrans. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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