Goleta, CA
Goleta station in January 2002
General information
Location	25 South La Patera Lane Goleta, California United States
Coordinates	34°26′16″N 119°50′35″W / 34.4377°N 119.8431°W / 34.4377; -119.8431
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	UP Coast Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed, platform with shelters
Station code	Amtrak: GTA
History
Opened	September 20, 1998; 25 years ago (September 20, 1998)
Passengers
FY 2022	52,365[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Lompoc–Surf toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Santa Barbara toward San Diego      Coast Starlight does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Jalama toward San Francisco Coast Line Samarkand toward Los Angeles
Location

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 station is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) evenly spaced throughout the day.^[2]

In Fiscal Year 2022, 52,365 passengers boarded or detrained at Goleta station.^[1]

History

The original depot, built in 1901, was moved to Lake Los Carneros County Park, half a mile northwest of the current location, in 1981 and currently serves as the home of the South Coast Railroad Museum.

Opened with a concrete platform and open-air shelter in 1998,^[3] 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.^[4]

In 2018, the station was awarded a $13 million TIRCP grant to upgrade the station.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}