Orland station

See also: California Northern Railroad
Orland, CA
The station in its original location in 1969
General information
Location523 Colusa Street, Orland, California 95963 (as active station)
221 East Yolo Street, Orland, California 95963 (current depot location)
Coordinates39°44′37″N 122°10′51″W / 39.743511°N 122.180953°W / 39.743511; -122.180953
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1882 (Northern Railway)
September 15, 1974 (Amtrak)[1]
Closedc. 1960s (SP)
April 25, 1982 (Amtrak)[2]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Davis
toward Los Angeles
 Coast Starlight Redding
toward Seattle
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Willows
toward Oakland Pier
 Shasta Route
Via West Side Sacramento Valley
 Corning
toward Portland

Orland was a Southern Pacific Railroad station in Orland, California. The Northern Railway built the line out from Colusa County to Orland, opening for traffic on July 31, 1882.[3] The railroad had assumed management of the town site a few years earlier.[4] The Klamath served the station as late as 1954, and ran between Portland and Oakland,[5] but the stop did not appear in the 1966 timetables. After Amtrak took over nationwide passenger operations, the state lobbied the company in 1974 to add the station as a stop on the Coast Starlight route,[6] running daily from Los Angeles to Seattle. While the station saw service for a time,[7] it was bypassed in 1982.[8] The station building was subsequently moved to Glenn County Fairgrounds.[9]

  1. ^ "Orland Amtrak Debut Will be Saluted Sunday". The Chico Enterprise-Record. September 9, 1974. p. 2. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Bigwigs on Inaugural Train Offer Hope for Roseville Stop". The Press-Tribune. Roseville, California. April 26, 1982. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of California for the Year Ending December 31, 1889 (Report). California Board of Railroad Commissioners. 1889. p. 10.
  4. ^ "City of Orland History". City of Orland. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "Time Tables" (PDF). Southern Pacific. January 15, 1954. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1984-89 Fiscal Years. Sacramento, CA: Division of Mass Transportation, Caltrans. 1984. OCLC 10983344.
  7. ^ "Amtrak National Train Timetables". The Museum of Railway Timetables. Amtrak. October 25, 1981. p. 50. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Amtrak National Train Timetables Effective April 25, 1982 through Oct. 30, 1982. Includes Northeast Corridor Schedules Effective April 25, 1982 Through July 31, 1982". The Museum of Railway Timetables. Amtrak. April 25, 1982. p. 46. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Orland 1/5-scale railroad scheduled for Glenn County Fair rides". Chico Enterprise-Record. May 13, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2020.