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Third and Townsend Depot
? – 1975
The Third and Townsend Depot was the main train station in the city of San Francisco for much of the first three quarters of the 20th century. The station at Third Street and Townsend Street served as the northern terminus for Southern Pacific's Peninsula Commute line between San Francisco and San Jose (forerunner of Caltrain) and long-distance trains between San Francisco and Los Angeles via the Southern Pacific's Coast Line. For service for destinations to the north, such as Seattle, and destinations to the east, such as Chicago, passengers generally needed to travel to Oakland, initially on ferries to Oakland Long Wharf, and later on buses to 16th Street Station.
Why it's on the map
It was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by the Caltrain commuter station a block away at 4th and King Street.
The company's corporate offices were additionally on site, and were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
The Third and Townsend Depot was the main train station in the city of San Francisco for much of the first three quarters of the 20th century.
Designed by the Southern Pacific Architectural Bureau, the station was two stories, built of reinforced concrete in the characteristic Mission Revival architecture style, and was one of the best examples of the style in San Francisco.
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