Glendale Transportation Center

Glendale Transportation Center
Amtrak and Metrolink commuter rail station

The Glendale Transportation Center building
Location 400 Cerritos Avenue
Glendale, CA 91204
Owned by City of Glendale
Line(s)

Amtrak

  Pacific Surfliner


Metrolink

  Antelope Valley Line
  Ventura County Line
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Connections Greyhound, Glendale Beeline
Construction
Parking yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code GDL
History
Opened 1923
Rebuilt 1999
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 51,009[1] Increase 4.7% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Pacific Surfliner
toward Lancaster
Antelope Valley Line
Terminus
toward East Ventura
Ventura County Line
Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
Location Glendale, California, USA
Coordinates 34°07′25″N 118°15′28″W / 34.123565°N 118.257844°W / 34.123565; -118.257844Coordinates: 34°07′25″N 118°15′28″W / 34.123565°N 118.257844°W / 34.123565; -118.257844
Architect Maurice Couchot & Kenneth MacDonald, Jr.
Architectural style Mission Revival—Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 97000376
Added to NRHP May 2, 1997

The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California. This station used to be known as Tropico.

Service

It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's bus route from Bakersfield to Los Angeles, Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Montalvo, and Metrolink's Metrolink Antelope Valley Line.

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Glendale was the 37th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 100 passengers daily.[2]

Schedule

10 Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 54 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday and 12 Antelope Valley Line trains serve the station on Saturday and Sunday. There is no Metrolink service on the Ventura County Line on weekends.

Greyhound Bus

The station also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines buses, very randomly, since there no longer an office The future to be passengers have to go and buy tickets elsewhere.

History

Originally known as the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architectural styles in 1923. It had replaced the Atwater Tract Office dating from 1883. The city bought the depot from Southern Pacific in 1989 and acquired adjacent properties to create an intermodal center.[3] Restoration of the historic building and the construction of other elements of the intermodal center cost approximately $6 million.[4]

National Registry

In 1997, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has recently undergone an extensive renovation.

Platforms and tracks

Northbound ■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Luis Obispo (Burbank–Bob Hope Airport)
■ Antelope Valley Line toward Lancaster (Downtown Burbank)
■ Ventura County Line toward East Ventura (Downtown Burbank)
Southbound ■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Diego-Union Station (Los Angeles)
■ Antelope Valley Line toward L.A. Union Station (Terminus)
■ Ventura County Line toward L.A. Union Station (Terminus)
Bypass track ■ Coast Starlight No stops

Transit Connections

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ Willman, Martha L. (December 12, 1991) "Council Eyes Scaled-Down Transit Center : Transportation: Officials lean toward cutting the cost of railroad depot project by $1 million. The new proposal would reduce parking space for cars and buses." Los Angeles Times
  4. ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed February 7, 2013.

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