East Ventura (Metrolink station)

East Ventura
Metrolink commuter rail station

East Ventura Station at sunset
Location 6175 Ventura Boulevard
Ventura, CA 93003
Coordinates 34°15′02″N 119°12′14″W / 34.25056°N 119.20389°WCoordinates: 34°15′02″N 119°12′14″W / 34.25056°N 119.20389°W
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
History
Opened November 11, 2002
Previous names Montalvo
Services
Preceding station     Following station
TerminusVentura County Line

The East Ventura Metrolink Station is a Metrolink rail station in the city of Ventura, California.[1] The station is served by Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to the eastern Ventura neighborhood of Montalvo. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner does not pass through this station as it lies just off the main coast route within the wye or triangular junction for the Santa Paula Branch line which is owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission.[2]

Six Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. This limited Metrolink service runs only at peak hours in the peak direction of travel (i.e. three morning departures to Los Angeles and three afternoon arrivals from Los Angeles). This station was added as an extension to the Metrolink system in Fall 2002. Prior to that, Metrolink trains that ran from Los Angeles to Oxnard laid over overnight at this site but passengers could not board.

Growth in commuters traveling towards Los Angeles is expected to favor this location over the downtown Ventura train station. Overnight storage of trains in the downtown might have also been expensive if that station was used.[3] On May 9, 2011 Metrolink renamed the station from Montalvo due to the lack of name recognition.[4] Montalvo had been the name of the junction at this location for over a hundred years and subsequently the community, later annexed by the city of Ventura, that grew adjacent to the junction.

Platforms and tracks

North track ■Ventura County Line toward L.A. Union Station (Oxnard)
South track ■Bypass track No passenger service

References

  1. ↑ Biasotti, Tony (February 1, 2012) "Ventura takes first step on annexing Montalvo" Ventura County Star
  2. ↑ Kelly, Peggy (October 15, 1999) "Funding for Montalvo Metrolink station would benefit SP Branch Line" Santa Paula Times
  3. ↑ BLAKE, CATHERINE "Officials Revise Plan for Ventura Metrolink Station" Los Angeles Times October 11, 1999 Collections: Railroad Stations
  4. ↑ Fulton, Bill (23 May 2011). "All Aboard For East Ventura". Blog of Bill Fulton, former Mayor of Ventura. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

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