Chatsworth station explained

Chatsworth
Style:Metrolink (California)
Other Name:Chatsworth Transportation Center
Address:10046 Old Depot Plaza Road
Borough:Chatsworth, California
Country:United States
Coordinates:34.2528°N -118.5994°W
Owned:City of Los Angeles
Line:SCRRA Ventura Subdivision
Platforms:2 side platforms (rail)
1 side platform (G Line)
Tracks:2
Parking:816 spaces, 10 accessible spaces[1]
Bicycle:Racks and lockers[2]
Accessible:Yes
Status:Unstaffed, platform with shelters
Opened: (CalTrain)
June 26, 1988 (Amtrak)
October 26, 1992 (Metrolink)
(G Line)
Closed:March 1, 1983 (CalTrain)
1992 (original Amtrak station)
Rebuilt:1996
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

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 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.

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 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

The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) opened a 22mile branch line from Burbank to Chatsworth in 1893.[3] The SP extended the branch westward in 1904, eventually forming the Coast Line. 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. The original depot burned down in 1917; the newer station was demolished in 1962.

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.[4] [5] 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.[6] The stop was located just east of DeSoto Avenue, southeast of the former SP station site.[7]

On October 26, 1992, Metrolink Ventura County Line service began.[8] The Metrolink station – a bare platform with small shelters – was located near the original station site; Amtrak soon moved its operations to the Metrolink station. The Chatsworth Transportation Center, opened in 1996, was designed to echo the appearance of the 1893-built station. The 220foot-long structure cost $1.7 million. 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.

On June 30, 2012, LA Metro opened a 4miles extension of the Orange Line (now the G Line) busway, with Chatsworth as the northern terminus.[9]

Service

As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chatsworth Train Station . June 26, 2024 . . en.
  2. Web site: Secure Bike Parking on Metro . November 5, 2021 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . en-US . September 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210906210731/https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Chatsworth Railroad History . January 31, 2021 . Chatsworth Historical Society.
  4. News: December 29, 1982 . State Officials Dedicate New Train Station . . February 2, 2013.
  5. News: March 13, 1983 . State PUC dumps commuter train . Santa Cruz Sentinel . Newspapers.com.
  6. Book: Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988 Through 1993 Fiscal Years . California Department of Transportation – Division of Mass Transportation . 1988 . 45 . Google Books.
  7. Web site: Chatsworth, CA (CWT) . Great American Stations . Amtrak.
  8. Web site: 2017 . History of Metrolink . Southern California Regional Rail Authority.
  9. News: Bloomekatz . Ari . June 27, 2012 . Orange Line busway is Metro's quiet success story . Los Angeles Times .
  10. Web site: June 25, 2023 . G Line Timetable – Connections section . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . 2.