La Grande Station

La Grande Station
La Grande Station c. 1911
General information
Location2nd Street and Santa Fe Ave
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°02′50″N 118°13′56″W / 34.0472°N 118.2322°W / 34.0472; -118.2322
Owned byAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Construction
Platform levels1
History
OpenedJuly 29, 1893; 131 years ago (1893-07-29)
ClosedMay 3, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-05-03)
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Terminus Main Line Pasadena
toward Chicago
Rivera
toward San Diego
Surf Line Terminus

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]

  1. ^ Masters, Nathan (January 17, 2013). "Lost Train Depots of Los Angeles History". KCET. Retrieved May 8, 2019.