La Grande Station | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 2nd Street and Santa Fe Ave Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°02′50″N 118°13′56″W / 34.0472°N 118.2322°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | July 29, 1893 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | May 3, 1939 | |||||||||||||||
Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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La Grande Station was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's (Santa Fe) main passenger terminal in Los Angeles, California from 1893 until the opening of Union Station in 1939. The station was located at 2nd Street and Santa Fe Avenue on the west bank of the Los Angeles River, just south of the First Street viaduct built in 1929.[1]