Former Site of Southern Pacific Arcade Railroad Depot (Los Angeles, California)

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The Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot for Downtown Los Angeles was located here. The Southern Pacific Railroad built the Arcade Station in 1888. 26 years later, in 1914, the Southern Pacific Railroad replaced the Arcade Station with the Central Station, a larger and more modern railroad passenger depot. The Union Pacific Railroad moved its Downtown Los Angeles passenger terminal to Central Station in 1924 after its original passenger depot just south of First Street on the east side of the Los Angeles River was destroyed by fire. The Central Station, along with the "La Grande" Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Depot, was replaced in 1939 by Union Station and later demolished. Southern Pacific trains headed for the Arcade Depot and later the Central Station went right down Alameda Street.