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===Rail transportation=== Rail transport played a large role in Los Gatos's historical development, but the city, as of 2020, has no regular passenger train service of any sort. The [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]], a popular [[narrow-gauge]] line from [[Alameda, California|Alameda]] (and San Francisco via ferry) to [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] in the late 19th century, stopped in Los Gatos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spcrr.org/HistorySPCRR.htm|title=The South Pacific Coast Railroad|website=Spcrr.org|access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref> Southern Pacific took over this line in 1887. Los Gatos was also near the Southern Pacific resort town of [[Holy City, California|Holy City]], along the rail line in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The last Southern Pacific passenger train to Santa Cruz left Los Gatos on February 26, 1940. In town, the rail line used to run along the shore of Vasona Reservoir to the present-day location of the Post Office, following the path of what is now a continuous string of parking lots between Santa Cruz Ave. and University Ave. There was also a streetcar-type rail line called the [[Peninsular Railway (California)|Peninsular Railway]] with service to Saratoga and San Jose that started about 1905 and ended about 1933. San Francisco commuter trains continued into downtown until 1959, and Vasona Junction until 1964. The site of the old railroad station is now occupied by Town Plaza and the post office. While VTA had originally planned to extend their [[Green Line (VTA)|Green Line]] to Vasona Junction and bring back passenger rail to the city, the extension was cut short to Winchester due to the high cost of the extension, minimal expected ridership gains, and the difficulty of sharing rail right-of-way to Vasona Junction with Union Pacific freight trains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/vta-committee-puts-vasona-extension-on-ice-discusses-light-rail-makeover/|title=VTA committee puts Vasona extension on ice, discusses light rail makeover|first=Brendan|last=Nystedt|website=Sanjosespotlight.com|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref>
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