Chatsworth station (also known as Chatsworth Transportation Center) is an intermodal passenger transport station in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Chatsworth, United States. It is served by Amtrak Pacific Surfliner inter-city rail service, Metrolink Ventura County Line commuter rail service, and the Metro G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway bus rapid transit. The station is also served by Los Angeles Metro Bus and Simi Valley Transit local buses, plus Santa Clarita Transit and LADOT Commuter Express regional express bus routes.
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Chatsworth Transportation Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 10046 Old Depot Plaza Road Chatsworth, California United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°15′10″N 118°35′58″W / 34.25278°N 118.59944°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | SCRRA Ventura Subdivision[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms (rail) 1 side platform (G Line) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 816 spaces[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed, platform with shelters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | Amtrak: CWT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 29, 1982 (CalTrain) June 26, 1988 (Amtrak) October 26, 1992 (Metrolink) June 30, 2012 (G Line) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | March 1, 1983 (CalTrain) 1993 (original Amtrak station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 38,353[4] (Amtrak only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) opened its first Chatsworth station in 1893; SP service ended in the 1950s. CalTrain service from 1982 to 1983, and Amtrak service beginning in 1988, used a station located 1.2 miles (1.9 km) to the southeast. Metrolink service began in 1992 with a station near the former SP station site; Amtrak service soon moved there. A station building was completed in 1996, and bus rapid transit service began in 2012.
History
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The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) opened a 22-mile (35 km) branch line from Burbank to Chatsworth in 1893.[5][6] The SP extended the branch westward in 1904, eventually forming the Coast Line.[5][6] The 1893-built station was a typical style: a two-story wooden depot with a longer one-story freight house. It was replaced with a similar larger station in 1910, though was left standing.[5] The original depot burned down in 1917; the newer station was demolished in 1962.[5][6]
An infill station opened in Chatsworth on the short-lived CalTrain line on December 29, 1982, only to close when service ended on March 2, 1983.[7][8] On June 26, 1988, Amtrak extended one San Diegan round trip to Santa Barbara, with the ex-CalTrain stop at Chatsworth reused as an intermediate stop.[9] The stop was located just east of DeSoto Avenue, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of the former SP station site.[6]
On October 26, 1992, Metrolink Ventura County Line service began.[10] The Metrolink station – a bare platform with small shelters – was located near the original station site.[6] Amtrak moved its operations to the Metrolink station by mid-1993.[6][11][12] The Chatsworth Transportation Center, opened in 1996, was designed to echo the appearance of the 1893-built station. The 220-foot (67 m)-long structure cost $1.7 million.[6] The station originally had only a single side platform on the east (main) track; a second platform on the west (siding) track was later added.[1]
On June 30, 2012, LA Metro opened a 4-mile (6.4 km) extension of the Orange Line (now the G Line) busway, with Chatsworth as the northern terminus.[13]
Service
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Chatsworth station is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) every day, with departures evenly spaced throughout the day.[14] Sixteen Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (eight in each direction) serve the station each weekday, running during peak hours in the peak direction of travel. On weekends, four Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (two in each direction) serve the station. Metrolink passengers also have access to all Pacific Surfliner trains through a codesharing arrangement with Amtrak.[15]
As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[16]
References
edit- ^ a b SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 16.
- ^ "Chatsworth Train Station". Metrolink. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Chatsworth Railroad History" (PDF). Chatsworth Historical Society. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Chatsworth, CA (CWT)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
- ^ "State Officials Dedicate New Train Station". Oxnard Press-Courier. December 29, 1982. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ^ "State PUC dumps commuter train". Santa Cruz Sentinel. March 13, 1983 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988 Through 1993 Fiscal Years. California Department of Transportation – Division of Mass Transportation. 1988. p. 45 – via Google Books.
- ^ "History of Metrolink". Southern California Regional Rail Authority. 2017.
- ^ Fall/Winter 1992/1993 National Timetable. Amtrak. December 14, 1992. p. 6.
- ^ Spring/Summer 1993 National Timetable. Amtrak. May 2, 1993. p. 6.
- ^ Bloomekatz, Ari (June 27, 2012). "Orange Line busway is Metro's quiet success story". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Pacific Surfliner Timetable" (PDF). Pacific Surfliner. October 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "Metrolink Timetable" (PDF). Metrolink. October 23, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ "G Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 25, 2023. p. 2.
External links
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Media related to Chatsworth station at Wikimedia Commons