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Mill Valley train station | |
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General information | |
Location | 87 Throckmorton Avenue Mill Valley, California United States |
Coordinates | 37°54′22″N 122°32′53″W / 37.9062°N 122.5480°W |
Elevation | 66 feet (20 m) |
Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform (standard-gauge), 1 side platform, 1 island platform (narrow-gauge) |
Tracks | 2 standard-gauge, multiple-narrow gauge |
Train operators | |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Architectural style | Mission Revival |
History | |
Opened | 1900 |
Closed | Early 1950s |
Rebuilt | 1929 |
Electrified | 1903 |
Previous names | Eastland train station |
The Mill Valley train station was a train station and historic depot located on Throckmorton Avenue in Mill Valley, California.
The first proper Mill Valley train station was constructed in 1900, back when Mill Valley was still called "Eastland". It was constructed 4 years after the opening of the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway and 11 years after tracks were built from Sausalito to Mill Valley. Before the station's construction, the nearest train station to Mill Valley was the Almonte station near the current location of Tamalpais High School. The line to Mill Valley was electrified in 1903, and the depot opened to interurban service on August 21, 1903. In 1929, the current depot was built, replacing the previous wooden one. The depot stopped running westbound trains following the closure of the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway in 1930 and ceased eastbound passenger service with the last train leaving for Sausalito on September 30th, 1940, shortly before the complete shutdown of the Northwestern Pacific interurban system. Freight service continued until the early 1950s. The depot also served as a Greyhound stop until the 1970s.
The tracks and platforms have since been paved over and are now the depot plaza, and the depot was repurposed into a café and bookstore. Like many other former depots in Marin, it still has the Northwestern Pacific Railroad wooden medallion on the side.
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