The Southern Pacific Railroad was built out to Pajaro by November 26, 1871.[5] The railroad changed the name to Watsonville Junction in 1913 to aide travelers unfamiliar with Spanish pronunciation.[6] A new station building was constructed in 1949.[7]
The overnight passenger train The Lark stopped at Watsonville Junction between 1941 and 1968. The Del Monte served the old station until service was discontinued on April 30, 1971, the day before Amtrak took over intercity passenger train service in the United States. The 1949-built depot was demolished in 2011.[7]
Referencesedit
^Johnson, Jim (August 3, 2018). "Salinas rail extension project set for groundbreaking ceremony". Monterey Herald. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
^Johnson, Jim (May 9, 2018). "Salinas commuter rail extension project gets $10 million SB 1 gas tax grant". Monterey Herald. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^"TAMC Selects LAN as Part of Construction Management Team for Salinas Rail Extension". Mass Transit. January 3, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
^"Pajaro/Watsonville Station Fact Sheet" (PDF). Transportation Agency for Monterey County. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^"History of Rail Transportation in Santa Cruz County" (PDF). Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
^Gudde, Erwin Gustav (1969). California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of California Press.
^ abJones, Donna (February 1, 2011). "Tracks of history: Railroad represented "a lifeline" to Pajaro Valley". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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Monterey County Rail Extension Phase 2: Pajaro / Watsonville — Transportation Agency for Monterey County station planning
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