Fresno station (California High-Speed Rail)
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This article is about the former Southern Pacific station and future California High-Speed Rail station. For the current Amtrak station, see Santa Fe Passenger Depot (Fresno, California).
Fresno is a California High-Speed Rail station being constructed in Fresno, California. The first purpose-built high speed rail station in the United States,[2] it is part of the system's Initial Construction Segment. The facility is located in Downtown Fresno at H Street between Fresno and Tulare Streets, and is being built as an expansion of the adjacent historic Fresno Southern Pacific Depot.
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Location | H Street Fresno, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36.733074°N 119.793732°W / 36.733074; -119.793732 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | California High-Speed Rail Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | under construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 1872 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Opening | 2030 (California High-Speed Rail) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | April 1, 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | October 1889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Original company | Central Pacific Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 36°43′57″N 119°47′33″W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Built by | Southern Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Queen Anne style | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 78000665[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | March 21, 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is about 7 blocks south from the existing Fresno Amtrak station. The high-speed rail line runs along the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad at this location.[3]