Sherman Way station (G Line)
Sherman Way station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system located at Sherman Way in downtown Canoga Park — a community of Los Angeles in the western San Fernando Valley. The station is in service on the Metro G Line Chatsworth Extension. It opened in June 2012.
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Location | 21384 Sherman Way Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34.20095°N 118.59746°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Connections | Los Angeles Metro Bus | ||||||||||
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Parking | 207 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers[2] | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | June 30, 2012 | ||||||||||
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Sherman Way station is located on the intersection of Canoga Avenue and Sherman Way. The station features similar station amenities as the existing Orange Line stations. Station art is added to the station.[3]
It has a parking lot with 207 spaces along with bicycle lockers.[4]
History
Southern Pacific built their Canoga Park station along the Burbank branch in 1912. The station building was on the north side of Sherman Way.[5] The same year, the Pacific Electric Owensmouth Line was completed to Owensmouth,[6]: 40 crossing the tracks at Sherman Way.[7] Southern Pacific ceased passenger service on the line in 1920,[8] and Pacific Electric stopped running cars here after 1938.[6]: 42 The old station building was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in May 1990, three years before the structure was destroyed in a fire.
The Orange Line was constructed over the former Burbank branch, with bus rapid transit service starting at the newly built station on June 30, 2012.
Sherman Way is named after General Moses Sherman, due to his land development and rail lines he built in the valley.[9]
Service
Station layout
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound | ← G Line toward Chatsworth (Roscoe) |
Eastbound | G Line toward North Hollywood (Canoga) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
Hours and frequency
G Line buses run 24 hours a day. Buses operate every eight minutes during peak hours on weekdays, and every ten minutes during the daytime on weekdays and most of the day on weekends. Night service on all days is every 20 minutes.[10]
Connections
As of June 23, 2023, the following connections are available:[11]
Nearby destinations
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Downtown Canoga Park shops, antiques row
- Madrid Theater
References
- "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- "L.A.Metro: Chatsworth extension". Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- "Metro Orange Line ExtensionProject Fact sheet" (PDF).
- "Canoga Park (original Owensmouth Southern Pacific R.R. Station)". Office of Historic Resources, Department of City Planning. City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
- Zelzah (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1928. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- Curtiss, Aaron (7 April 1996). "Tracks to the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, San Fernando Valley Line
- "Metro G Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- "G Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 25, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
External links
Media related to Sherman Way station (G Line) at Wikimedia Commons