Fresno station (California High-Speed Rail)

Fresno is a California High-Speed Rail station being constructed in Fresno, California. The first purpose-built high speed rail station in the United States, it is part of the system's Initial Construction Segment. The facility is located in Downtown Fresno at H Street between Fresno and Tulare Streets, and is being built as an expansion of the adjacent historic Fresno Southern Pacific Depot.

Fresno
The Depot as seen from Tulare Street, 2014
General information
LocationH Street
Fresno, California
Coordinates36.733074°N 119.793732°W / 36.733074; -119.793732
Owned byCalifornia High-Speed Rail Authority
Other information
Statusunder construction
History
OpenedApril 1872
Opening2030 (California High-Speed Rail)
ClosedApril 1, 1971
RebuiltOctober 1889
Original companyCentral Pacific Railroad
Future Services
Preceding station California High-Speed Rail Following station
Madera
towards Merced
 Phase I
Central Valley Segment
 Kings–Tulare
towards Bakersfield
Former Services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Madera
toward Oakland Pier
 San Joaquin Valley Line Malaga
toward Los Angeles
Kerman
toward Oakland Pier
 San Joaquin Valley Line
via
West Side
Madera
toward Sacramento
 Sacramento Daylight Tulare
toward Los Angeles
Madera
toward Oakland Pier
 San Joaquin Daylight
Southern Pacific Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Fresno Depot
Fresno Depot
Coordinates36°43′57″N 119°47′33″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1889
Built bySouthern Pacific
Architectural styleQueen Anne style
NRHP reference No.78000665
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1978
Location
Fresno
Location within California

The station is about 7 blocks south from the existing Fresno Amtrak station. The high-speed rail line runs along the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad at this location.

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