Via Princessa station

Via Princessa
Metrolink commuter rail station
Location	19201 Via Princessa Santa Clarita, CA 91351
Coordinates	34°24′30″N 118°28′08″W / 34.40833°N 118.46889°W / 34.40833; -118.46889Coordinates: 34°24′30″N 118°28′08″W / 34.40833°N 118.46889°W / 34.40833; -118.46889
Owned by	City of Santa Clarita
Line(s)	Metrolink   Antelope Valley Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	City of Santa Clarita Transit: 1, 2
Construction
Parking	395 "Park and Ride" lot spaces
Bicycle facilities	Lockers, Bikeway Connection
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1994
Services
Preceding station     Following station Vincent Grade/Acton toward Lancaster Antelope Valley Line Santa Clarita toward Los Angeles Union Station

Via Princessa is a Metrolink rail station located in the city of Santa Clarita, California. It is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Lancaster.

Prior to the Northridge earthquake in 1994 the Metrolink line terminated at the Santa Clarita station. Future plans to eventually extend the line north to the Antelope Valley were immediately expedited following the earthquake by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority in order to help relieve the traffic bottleneck caused by the collapse of the south-bound connector of State Route 14 onto the south-bound interstate 5 at the Newhall Pass interchange. The passenger platform and automobile parking lot for the Via Princessa station were constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in a matter of days following the earthquake. In October 2008 a permanent building containing public restrooms and an office for station security officers was constructed. This building replaced temporary facilities that had served the station since it was first established.

22 Metrolink trains now serve the station on weekday along with 12 more on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday service began in September 2007. 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.

City of Santa Clarita Transit provides very limited direct local bus service to the station. The trips are timed to meet the trains, in the morning hours 5 trips from Canyon Country drop off passengers at the station and in the afternoon 4 trips to Canyon Country pick up passengers at the station. All passengers on the midday trains or going to the communities of Newhall and Friendly Valley must use the bus stops on Sierra Highway at Via Princessa, approximately 0.3 miles away.

Platforms and tracks

Connections

City of Santa Clarita Transit:

• Local: 1, 2

Bikeway:

• Santa Clara River Trail- There is an entrance on Whites Canyon Road, approximately a 0.7 mile ride north of the station.

External links

• Metrolink – Via Princessa