Lark (train)

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Lark

The final Lark prepares to depart Union Station in Los Angeles on April 8, 1968.
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	California
First service	May 8, 1910 (1910-05-08) March 2, 1941 (1941-03-02) (streamlined)
Last service	April 8, 1968 (1968-04-08)
Former operator(s)	Southern Pacific
Route
Termini	San Francisco, California Los Angeles, California
Distance travelled	470 miles (760 km)
Average journey time	23 hours 30 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	76 (southbound), 75 (northbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	coaches
Sleeping arrangements	sleeper service
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map v t e Legend San Francisco San Francisco Ferry Building Burlingame Palo Alto Oakland Pier San Joaquin Daylight Oakland–1st Street Fruitvale Oakland Lark (discontinued 1960) Market Street Depot San Jose (rerouted 1935) Watsonville Salinas San Luis Obispo Tunnel San Luis Obispo Guadalupe Santa Barbara Ventura Santa Susana Pass San Joaquin Daylight Glendale Los Angeles Union Station Los Angeles Central Station (closed 1939) Los Angeles Arcade Depot (closed 1914)

The Lark was an overnight passenger train of the Southern Pacific Company on the 470-mile (760 km) run between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It became a streamliner in 1941 and was discontinued on April 8, 1968. The Lark ran along the same route as the Coast Daylight and was often pulled by a locomotive wearing the famous Daylight paint scheme of orange, red, and black.