The station was located at the corner of 40th Street and San Pablo Avenue,[1] adjacent to a Key System interurban stop.

[2] It was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway when their Valley Division was extended from Richmond.

Passengers would transfer to transbay buses here, connecting them to San Francisco.

The Santa Fe's original Northern California terminal was Ferry Point.

Construction of a high-quality depot was one of the conditions set forth by the city for the ATSF to build through Oakland.