| Style: | Amtrak |
| Goleta, CA | |
| Address: | 25 South La Patera Lane |
| Borough: | Goleta, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 34.4377°N -119.8431°W |
| Owned: | Amtrak |
| Line: | UP Santa Barbara Subdivision |
| Platform: | 1 side platform |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Status: | Unstaffed, platform with shelters |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Other Services2 Header: | Future services[1] |
| Other Services2 Collapsible: | yes |
| Mapframe: | yes |
Goleta station is a passenger rail station in the city of Goleta, California. It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; it is the northern terminal for three of those round trips. Trains terminating in Goleta are stored on a storage track adjacent to the station.
The station is convenient for the Santa Barbara Airport and the University of California Santa Barbara.
In, passengers boarded or detrained at Goleta station.
The original Goleta Depot, built in 1901, was moved to Lake Los Carneros County Park, half a mile northwest of the current location, in 1981. It is part of the South Coast Railroad Museum.
Opened with a concrete platform and open-air shelter in 1998,[2] the station gained a restroom facility in 2008 that was installed through the joint effort of the city, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Amtrak and the Santa Barbara Council of Governments. The station also received bike racks and a new bus turning circle.[3]
In 2018, the station was awarded a $13 million TIRCP grant to upgrade the station.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] As of 2024, the city of Goleta plans to build a new full-service multi-modal train station next to the existing station.[9] [10]