Old Oakland SP depot seen from I-880. SP suburban trains platforms in front; 16^th St. tower visible at left.

The 16th Street Station was the principal railroad station of the Southern Pacific (SP) railroad in Oakland, California. It suffered significant damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and was closed. Its railroad function has since been replaced by the major Amtrak station in nearby Emeryville. The East Bay Electric Lines was a division of the Southern Pacific Railroad which operated a system of electric interurban-type trains in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California and the county seat of Alameda County. ... The Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989, in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in California at 5:04 p. ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... Built in Emeryville to replace the Beaux Arts Oakland station that was declared unsafe (unreinforced masonry)after sustaining damage in the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989 in bordering Oakland, California. ... The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County Emeryville is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...

The station buildings remain, largely intact, including the switchman's tower and ironwork elevated platforms which, before the completion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, were utilized by commuter trains of SP's East Bay Electric Lines. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (, ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans the San Francisco Bay and links the Californian cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States. ... The East Bay Electric Lines was a division of the Southern Pacific Railroad which operated a system of electric interurban-type trains in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

The station is presently (2006) being restored as part of a local redevelopment project. It will, however, not be used as a railroad station again.

The station is located in West Oakland at 16th and Wood Streets, adjacent to and visible from the Interstate 880 connector ramps of the MacArthur Maze. West Oakland is a large neighborhood in Oakland, California. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-17 SCL 0. ... The MacArthur Maze in Oakland, California is a freeway interchange next to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. ...

The original 16th Street Station was a smaller wood structure, built at a time when the site was on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. In the intervening years, the shoreline was filled in and now lies nearly a mile west.

Passenger train access in Oakland is now via the station at Jack London Square, the Coliseum station, and the nearby Emeryville station. Reconstruction of Jack Londons Alaskan Hut in Jack London Square Jack London Square is a popular tourist attraction on the waterfront of Oakland, California. ... Built in Emeryville to replace the Beaux Arts Oakland station that was declared unsafe (unreinforced masonry)after sustaining damage in the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989 in bordering Oakland, California. ...