Lark (train)

Lark
The final Lark prepares to depart Union Station in Los Angeles on April 8, 1968.
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleCalifornia
First serviceMay 8, 1910 (1910-05-08)
March 2, 1941 (1941-03-02) (streamlined)
Last serviceApril 8, 1968 (1968-04-08)
Former operator(s)Southern Pacific
Route
TerminiSan Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
Distance travelled470 miles (760 km)
Average journey time23 hours 30 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)76 (southbound), 75 (northbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangementscoaches
Sleeping arrangementssleeper service
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Route map
San Francisco
San Francisco Ferry Building
Burlingame
Palo Alto
Oakland Pier
Oakland–1st Street
Fruitvale
Oakland Lark
(discontinued
1960)
Market Street Depot
San Jose
(rerouted 1935)
Watsonville
Salinas
San Luis Obispo
Guadalupe
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Santa Susana Pass
Glendale
Los Angeles
Union Station
Los Angeles
Central Station
(closed 1939)
Los Angeles
Arcade Depot
(closed 1914)

The Lark was an overnight passenger train of the Southern Pacific Company on the 470-mile (760 km) run between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It became a streamliner in 1941 and was discontinued on April 8, 1968. The Lark ran along the same route as the Coast Daylight and was often pulled by a locomotive wearing the famous Daylight paint scheme of orange, red, and black.