Market Street Depot

San Jose
The Depot depicted on a postcard in 1909
Location	San José, California
Coordinates	37°20′29″N 121°53′47″W / 37.341329°N 121.896282°W / 37.341329; -121.896282Coordinates: 37°20′29″N 121°53′47″W / 37.341329°N 121.896282°W / 37.341329; -121.896282
Owned by	Southern Pacific Railroad
Line(s)	SP Coast Line
History
Opened	1883 (1883)
Closed	December 1935 (1935-12)
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station College Park toward San Francisco Coast Line toward Los Angeles Peninsula Commute Terminus

Market Street Depot^[1] was the primary intercity railway station in San José, California between 1883 and 1935. It was located at Market and Bassett Streets at the end of the former San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, a route which was later integrated into the Southern Pacific Railroad Coast Line.

History[]

The station building was constructed in 1883,^[2] replacing the former San Francisco and San Jose Railroad end of line facilities that facilitated passengers and freight since the road's completion.^[3]: 25

Completion of the Coast Line to Los Angeles as well as the Bayshore Cutoff near San Francisco greatly increased the rail traffic running through downtown San José in the early 1900s — combining the increase in personal automobile use made for greatly increased delays on local streets. As a result, efforts were undertaken by the city to divert the rail line off of Fourth Street. This necessitated extensive grade crossings, new trackage, and a new San José depot located at Cahill Street, later named Diridon station. After December 1935, passenger operations were shifted away from the Market Street Depot in favor of the new facility and the tracks on Fourth Street were removed.^[3]: 26 The passenger facilities were subsequently demolished, but the adjoining freight depot continued service until the mid 1900s.^{[citation needed]}

Union Pacific Railroad tracks run beside the site of the former Market Street Depot (apartments left of frame) in 2012. In front is the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail underpass, built to avoid conflicts with the mainline tracks.

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