Santa Fe Depot in San Diego was designed by the San Francisco firm Bakewell and Brown for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Construction began on January 15, 1914 and finished on December 31, 1914, though the infobox gives 1915. It opened on March 8, 1915 for the Panama–California Exposition, while the infobox says March 7. The text gives Spanish Colonial Revival in the lead and Mission Revival in the body.
A massive front arch is flanked by twin campaniles with tiled domes. The covered concourse is about 650 feet (200 m) long, and the main waiting room is 170 by 55 feet (52 by 17 m).
The front portico was removed in 1954 for a parking lot. In 1972 Santa Fe proposed demolition for two 12-story towers, and protests led to preservation. It is now the southern terminus for Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and the COASTER. The article gives no hours.
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