Novato Downtown station

Novato Downtown station is a train station in Novato, California. It opened as an infill station for the Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) service in December 2019. Prior to that, it was in operation from 1879 to 1958 by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad.

The original Northwestern Pacific (NWP) depot was built out of redwood on the site in 1879;^[4] that building was moved nearby and a new one constructed in 1903.^[5] The second station was destroyed in a fire in 1916,^[3] and the current station building was built as its replacement. Increased automobile ownership and highway construction led to a decline of rail travel in Marin County, thus leading to disuse of the facility as a passenger terminal after November 10, 1958.^[6]

Not part of the design for the original ten stations from SMART's Initial Opening Segment, funding and construction of the station was undertaken by the City of Novato.^[3] Station plans were finalized in 2016 and the platform was built at a cost of $2.4 million^[7] by the time trains began operation.^[8] The Metropolitan Transportation Commission provided $1.5 million toward finishing the station, leaving $1.6 million to be financed via an additional source or via the city's Hamilton Trust.

By May 2018, the Phase 2 cost of construction had increased to $5.2 million.^[9] The SMART Board approved the station plan in July 2018.^[10] Station equipment was expected to be installed in the summer, and testing done in the fall.^[11] By September 2019, the total cost was over $7 million.^[12]

كانت الخطط الأصلية تقضي بأن تكون خدمة المحطة محدودة نظرًا لقربها من محطة نوفاتو سان مارين . ^{[ 3 ] [ 13 ]} إلا أن مجلس إدارة SMART صوّت في يونيو 2019 على بدء خدمة منتظمة وكاملة في المحطة؛ ^{[ 11 ]} وبدأت الاختبارات في 8 نوفمبر 2019. ^{[ 14 ]} وافتُتحت المحطة في 14 ديسمبر 2019، لخدمة عطلات نهاية الأسبوع والعطلات الرسمية؛ وبدأت خدمة أيام الأسبوع في 1 يناير 2020. ^{[ 2 ]}

الوسائط المتعلقة بمحطة نوفاتو داون تاون على ويكيميديا ​​كومنز

• وسط مدينة نوفاتو | سمارت
• محطة سمارت وسط المدينة | مدينة نوفاتو