Golden Gate (train)

Golden Gate
The Golden Gate c. 1938
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
LocaleCalifornia
First serviceJuly 1, 1938
Last serviceApril 28, 1968
Former operator(s)Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Route
TerminiOakland
Bakersfield
Stops7
Average journey time9 hours 25 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)60/61/62/63
On-board services
Seating arrangementsChair cars
Catering facilitiesLunch-counter dining car
Baggage facilitiesBaggage car
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Operating speed53.3 mph (85.8 km/h)
Route map
bus connection
to San Francisco
Oakland (ATSF)
Berkeley (ATSF)
Richmond
Pittsburg
Stockton
Merced
Fresno
Hanford
Bakersfield (ATSF)
bus connection
to Los Angeles

The Golden Gate was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe). It ran on the railroad's Valley Division between Oakland and Bakersfield, California;[1] its bus connections provided service between San Francisco and Los Angeles via California's San Joaquin Valley.

  1. ^ Armitage, Merle (1984) [1948]. Corle, Edwin (ed.). Operations Santa Fé (reprint ed.). Hawthorne, CA: Omni Publications. p. 124.