Palmdale Transportation Center

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The Palmdale Transportation Center

Station statistics

Address

39000 Clock Tower Plaza Drive, Palmdale, CA 93550

Lines

Antelope Valley Line

Connections

Amtrak Thruway Bus Service
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
Greyhound Lines
Santa Clarita Transit

Platforms

Side platform

Parking

586 "Park and Ride" lot spaces

Bicycle facilities

8 Locker Spaces
Bikeway Connectors

Other information

Opened

1994

Rebuilt

April 2005

Accessible

Code

PMD

The Palmdale Transportation Center is a multi-modal transportation center featuring a Metrolink rail station, a local bus hub, and commuter bus hub, in the city of Palmdale, California. The center which was completely rebuilt in April 2005 and it now features a "clock tower plaza" which has an enclosed waiting room with concessions and vending, public telephone, restrooms, a bus pass sales office, and security service. For those who wish to wait closer to the services, the center has 4 partially enclosed shelters at the bus hub and 6 partially enclosed shelters for the rail platform. The center also has a large parking lot for those who wish to "Park and Ride" the Metrolink or commuter buses.

1 Rail Service
- 1.1 Schedule
2 Bus Services
3 External links

[edit] Rail Service

The center is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Lancaster. 18 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday, 6 serve on Saturdays and 3 serve on Sundays. Weekday Metrolink service runs primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel while weekend departures and arrivals are fairly evenly spaced throughout the day.

The center is also designated as a stop on the future California High Speed Rail line from San Francisco to San Diego.

[edit] Schedule

Weekday (Monday-Friday) Metrolink Service:

To Los Angeles
- 4:09 AM
- 5:19 AM
- 5:59 AM
- 6:32 AM
- 7:04 AM
- 9:04 AM
- 11:36 AM
- 1:49 PM
- 5:59 PM

To Lancaster
- 8:15 AM
- 10:56 AM
- 1:18 PM
- 5:20 PM
- 6:41 PM
- 7:19 PM
- 8:09 PM
- 9:10 PM
- 10:35 PM

Weekend (Saturday) Metrolink Service:

To Los Angeles
- 6:54 AM
- 9:54 AM
- 11:24 AM
- 1:19 PM
- 3:39 PM
- 6:34 PM

To Lancaster
- 10:42 AM
- 1:44 PM
- 4:27 PM
- 5:54 PM
- 7:49 PM
- 10:42 PM

[edit] Bus Services

The center serves as a hub for the Antelope Valley Transit Authority, the city's local bus system as well as a hub for its commuter bus network to Los Angeles. City of Santa Clarita Transit also serves the station with its commuter bus system to Santa Clarita which serve to supplement Metrolink service when the trains go only as far as the stations in Santa Clarita. Greyhound Bus also serves the station.

Amtrak California:

Route 12- Bakersfield/Victorville

Antelope Valley Transit Authority:

Local: 1, 3, 7, 9, Lake LA Express
Commuter Express: 785, 786, 787
School Service: 97

Greyhound Lines

City of Santa Clarita Transit: 795

[edit] External links

Metrolink :: Palmdale

Palmdale Transportation Center is at coordinates 34°35′27″N 118°07′10″W / 34.59072, -118.119357 (Palmdale Transportation Center)Coordinates: 34°35′27″N 118°07′10″W / 34.59072, -118.119357 (Palmdale Transportation Center)

Preceding station		Metrolink		Following station
Lancaster Terminus		Antelope Valley Line		Vincent Grade/Acton toward Los Angeles

v • d • e Metrolink (website)

Commuter lines	91 Line – Antelope Valley Line – Inland Empire–Orange County (IEOC) Line – Orange County Line – Riverside Line – San Bernardino Line – Ventura County Line

Connecting rail	Amtrak – Amtrak California – Los Angeles County Metro Rail – San Diego Coaster

Other information	Union Station – Transportation of Los Angeles