Windsor is a bus station and future Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) train station in Windsor, California. The station served Sonoma County Transit and Mendocino Transit Authority, with service to Sonoma County Airport station provided by Sonoma County Transit under contract by SMART.[1]

Windsor
Track construction at Windsor station in 2022
General information
Location	9001 Windsor Road, Windsor, California
Coordinates	38.5477°N 122.8171°W / 38.5477; -122.8171
Connections	Sonoma County Transit[1] Mendocino Transit Authority
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	c. 1900
Closed	c. 1958
Rebuilt	2008[2]
Original company	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Services
Preceding station SMART Following station Terminus Future service Sonoma County Airport toward Larkspur Healdsburg (2027) toward Cloverdale
Former services Preceding station Northwestern Pacific Railroad Following station Healdsburg toward Eureka Main Line Fulton toward Sausalito
Location

History

The station building was built by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad in the early 1900s.^{[citation needed]} The station last served train passengers on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad in the late 1950s.[2]

In 2008, the station building was rebuilt by the city for $1.4 million ($1.76 million in 2021 adjusted for inflation) as an intermodal station in anticipation of serving passengers on the then-proposed Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) commuter rail line.[2] Service to Windsor Station was not included in the first phase of SMART,[3] which began service as far north as the station near Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport in 2017.

Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit is constructing an extension to Windsor, with service further north to Healdsburg station and Cloverdale station in a future phase.[4] The three-mile (4.8 km) extension is expected to cost $55 million: $20 million from Road Repair and Accountability Act funds, $30 million in Regional Measure 3 funds, and a $5 million federal grant. In September 2018, the SMART board approved $24 million in construction contracts, with service to Windsor expected to begin in late 2021 or early 2022.[5][6] In 2020 the project completion was delayed to later in 2022 as funding from a recent bridge toll increase was withheld pending litigation.[7] By spring of 2022 the SMART extension was 30% complete, but the lawsuit related to toll increases as well as a separate suit regarding use of the right-of-way had delayed the station's opening indefinitely.[8][9]

References

External links

• SMART - Stations
• Sonoma County Transit - Windsor

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