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The East Oakland Station or East Oakland Depot was the train station for the early Southern Pacific at the foot of 13th Avenue. It was sometimes referred to as the Brooklyn Depot. A marker appears on an 1869 map before Brooklyn was annexed, but the references continued for many years. The old station was torn down and a new one constructed in 1902. 1
In 1902, a serious collision occurred nearby between a freight train and a passenger train.
drawing of 1902 collision
Around 1908, the Western Pacific tracks were put through the area. So Southern Pacific passengers wouldn't have to walk across the tracks, the Western Pacific built a pedestrian underpass near the foot of 13th Avenue.
1903 Sanborn excerpt
1911 Sanborn excerpt
1950 Sanborn map
Later the station was used primarily (exclusively?) for the Southern Pacific's electric interurban trains.
1960 photo and crop showing station 2
In the late 1960s or early 1970s, the building was moved to Embarcadero Cove and then became the home to the local restaurant of the Victoria Station chain.
former station, former restaurant in 2025 at Embarcadero Cove
CC SA-BY Our Oakland
A palm tree from the station still grows at the original site.
Links and References
- Work Begins on East Oakland Depot Oakland Tribune September 6, 1902
- 5003pb54f124 U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P) Cornell Digital Collections
- BANC PIC 1996.003:Volume 27:44b--fALB University of California Berkeley Library Digital Collections
