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Coordinates: 37°41′06″N 121°46′03″W / 37.6851°N 121.7676°W / 37.6851; -121.7676
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Livermore 
An eastbound train leaving Livermore station in 2018
General information
Location2418 Railroad Avenue
Livermore, California
Coordinates37°41′06″N 121°46′03″W / 37.6851°N 121.7676°W / 37.6851; -121.7676
Line(s)UP Oakland Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Parkingfree
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: LIV
History
OpenedOctober 19, 1998[2]
Services
Preceding station Altamont Corridor Express Altamont Corridor Express Following station
Pleasanton
toward San Jose
 San Jose – Stockton Vasco Road
toward Stockton
Former services
Preceding station Western Pacific Railroad Following station
Pleasanton
toward Oakland
 Feather River Route Carbona
toward Salt Lake City
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Pleasanton
toward Oakland Pier
 San Joaquin Valley Line Altamont
toward Los Angeles
San Ramon
toward Avon
 Avon – San Ramon Terminus
Location
Map

Livermore is a train station in downtown Livermore, California.

Transit service

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The station is served by commuter Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) trains between San Jose's Diridon Station and Stockton's Cabral Station. The majority of passengers at this station are commuters headed to job centers in the Silicon Valley. WHEELS routes 10R, 11, 14, 15, 20X, 580X and 30R stop at the adjacent Livermore Transit Center.[3]

The I Street Garage opened on July 7, 2022, as a 274-space addition of the existing 500-space parking garage.[4]

Bus service

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There are six daily Amtrak Thruway trips on line 6 to San Jose and a once daily to San Francisco on line 34.[5][6]

History

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The tracks are on the alignment of the Western Pacific Railroad, which established a station in Livermore. Located south of the tracks between K and L Streets, it began serving passengers in August 1910.[7] That station was closed in 1951 and demolished in 1956.

Livermore was one of ACE's inaugural stops upon commencement of service on October 19, 1998.[8] This station was originally planned as the site of a co-located BART station when the planned Livermore Extension was built from the terminus at Dublin/Pleasanton to Vasco Road. However, in July 2011, the Livermore City Council reversed its position in response to a petition requesting that the alignment stay within or nearby the Interstate 580 right-of-way, and then favored stations be built at the Interstate 580 interchanges with Isabel Avenue and Portola Avenue.[9] BART extension plans fell through in the late 2010s and the subsequent Valley Link line is planned to serve stations in the Interstate 580 median.

After the Southern Pacific tracks through Livermore were removed in the 1970s, that railroad's Livermore depot had been orphaned from any rail infrastructure. Constructed in 1892 and saved from demolition in 1973, the building was used for various businesses before being purchased by the city and moved to its current location at the Livermore Transit Center in 2017.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail NETWORK SCHEMATICS" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 12.
  2. ^ "History of ACE". San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. ^ System Map (PDF) (Map). Wheels. August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  4. ^ "I Street Parking Garage". City of Livermore. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  5. ^ Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 6 Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 34 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Livermore Heritage Guild (2006). Early Livermore. Arcadia Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 9780738530994.
  8. ^ Yi, Matthew (October 20, 1998). "Commuters laud new Altamont train service". Merced Sun-Star. Merced, California. p. A3. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Courtney, Jennifer (July 12, 2011). "City Council OKs Initiative to Keep BART on I-580". Livermore Patch. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  10. ^ "Historic Livermore train station on the move". East Bay Times. July 23, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  11. ^ "Livermore Depot Moved to Enter Next Phase". The Independent. July 20, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
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