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Third and Townsend Depot, a Common card
The Third and Townsend Depot was the main train station in the city of San Francisco for much of the first three quarters of the 20th century.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,900
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Third and Townsend Depot quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Third and Townsend Depot card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by the ______ commuter station a block away at 4th and King Street.
Answer
Caltrain. It was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by the Caltrain commuter station a block away at 4th and King Street. From the Third and Townsend Depot article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
VP Bank. VP Bank 68 · Maroochydore railway line 63 · Third and Townsend Depot 58 · South Audley Street 54 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The station at Third Street and Townsend Street served as the northern terminus for Southern Pacific's Peninsula Commute line between San Francisco and San Jose and long-distance trains between San Francisco and Los Angeles via the Southern Pacific's Coast Line.
- For service for destinations to the north, such as Seattle, and destinations to the east, such as Chicago, passengers generally needed to travel to Oakland, initially on ferries to Oakland Long Wharf, and later on buses to 16th Street Station.
- It was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by the Caltrain commuter station a block away at 4th and King Street.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Third and Townsend Depot article was read about 5,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Third and Townsend Depot
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Third and Townsend Depot (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hikki Nagasaki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
