Northridge station explained

Northridge
Style:Metrolink (California)
Address:8775 Wilbur Avenue
Borough:Northridge, California
Country:United States
Owned:Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Line:SCRRA Ventura Subdivision
Platforms:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Connections: LADOT DASH: Northridge
Parking:270 spaces, 8 accessible spaces[1]
Bicycle:14 racks
Accessible:Yes
Rebuilt:July 10, 2000
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Northridge station is a Metrolink passenger train station in the community of Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. Metrolink's Ventura County Line trains from Union Station to Ventura–East stop here.

The station has 290 parking spaces, 8 handicapped spaces, and 2 parking spaces which have electric vehicle charging stations.

A temporary platform opened at the station on February 14, 1994, as part of the emergency expansion of service on the Ventura County Line in response to the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The permanent station opened on July 10, 2000.[2]

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has plans to relocate the station to Reseda Boulevard to improve its local connectivity.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northridge Train Station . June 26, 2024 . . en.
  2. News: Haynes. Karima A.. Train Station Now a Permanent Stop . Los Angeles Times. July 11, 2000. B7. Newspapers.com. July 7, 2019 .
  3. Web site: Northridge Station Relocation Feasibility Study . . June 24, 2023.