The station was severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake , but continued serving trains at an adjacent building . In the 1990s , the adjacent railroad tracks were moved west during the construction of Interstate 880 ( to replace the earthquake-destroyed Cypress Street Viaduct ) , which isolated the station from the tracks . Amtrak service to 16th Street station ended on August 5 , 1994 ; Oakland passengers used a bus connection from the 1993-opened Emeryville station until Oakland 's new main station , Oakland-Jack London Square , opened in 1995 . Emeryville largely replaced 16th Street station as the connection point for Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach across the bay in San Francisco , as Emeryville is closer to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge than Oakland-Jack London Square . However , Jack London Square serves as the San Francisco connection for the southbound '' Coast Starlight , '' along with some Thruway routes to Southern California
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
16th Street station (Oakland)