If so, the easiest explanation for its existence is that it was the nearest stop to Santa Cruz High School.
Its inclusion as a flag-stop in employee timetables, however, suggests it was primarily a passenger stop. Since it does not appear in agency books, the station was likely considered within the boundaries of the Santa Cruz freight yard. Why the railroad created a flag-stop at California Street is not entirely clear. On November 16, 1913, California Street first appeared on employee timetables.Ī Southern Pacific Railroad excursion train crossing Bay Street at California Street on its way to Davenport, ca 1947. Some of these stops later became permanent stations. While the reason for the station is not entirely clear, it does follow a pattern begun in June 1910, when the railroad added five new flag-stops along its route, probably to undermine the customer base of the rival Ocean Shore Railway. The Coast Line Railroad had already been operating for six years when it established a flag-stop at the intersection of Bay Street and California Street on the West Side of Santa Cruz.
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