Goleta station
Railway station in Goleta, California, US
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Goleta station is a passenger rail station in the city of Goleta, California. It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; it is the northern terminal for three of those round trips. Trains terminating in Goleta are stored on a storage track adjacent to the station.
Goleta, California
United States
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Goleta station in January 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 25 South La Patera Lane Goleta, California United States | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°26′16″N 119°50′35″W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | |||||||||||||||
| Line | UP Santa Barbara Subdivision[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed, platform with shelters | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | Amtrak: GTA | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 20, 1998 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY 2025 | 86,988[2] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||
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Goleta station is served by 10 Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (5 in each direction) evenly spaced throughout the day.[3] The station is convenient for the Santa Barbara Airport and the University of California, Santa Barbara.[4]
In fiscal year 2025, 86,988 passengers boarded or detrained at Goleta station.[2]
History
The original Goleta Depot, built in 1901, was moved to Lake Los Carneros County Park, half a mile northwest of the current location, in 1981. It is part of the South Coast Railroad Museum.
Opened with a concrete platform and open-air shelter in 1998,[5] the station gained a restroom facility in 2008 that was installed through the joint effort of the city, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Amtrak and the Santa Barbara Council of Governments. The station also received bike racks and a new bus turning circle.[6]
In 2018, the station was awarded a $13 million TIRCP grant to upgrade the station.[7][8][9][10][11] In 2024, the city of Goleta started construction on a new full-service multi-modal train station next to the existing station.[12][4][13]
The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) had announced plans for Metrolink service to/from Los Angeles Union Station to begin in Winter, 2026, starting with one daily trip in each direction, however the plans were scrapped in favor of an additional Pacific Surfliner train.[14][15][16]
