Valley College station

Valley College station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system.[2] It is named after the adjacent Los Angeles Valley College.

Valley College
G Line 
Valley College station platform
General information
Location13240 West Burbank Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34.1719°N 118.4223°W / 34.1719; -118.4223
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Woodman
toward Chatsworth
 G Line Laurel Canyon/Valley Village
toward North Hollywood
Location

The station is in the Valley Glen district of the City of Los Angeles, located on Burbank Boulevard and Fulton Avenue, in the eastern San Fernando Valley.

Service

Station Layout
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ←  G Line toward Chatsworth (Woodman)
Eastbound →  G Line toward North Hollywood (Laurel Canyon/Valley Village) →
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.[3]

Connections

As of June 23, 2023, the following connections are available:[4]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

Station artwork
The entrance and floor mural of the station.

The floor mural and fence art in this station is called "Former Location/ Contemporary Portrait" by Laura London. It depicts of several old-fashioned black and white photos that reflects of the rock-and-roll ages and their trends, including some far-scaled portrait albums from the 1960s from The Rolling Stones. The art is also at the setting where Valley College used to exist during the earlier days, now California State University Northridge. The floor mural simply depicts of the black-and-white old age symbolism.[5]

References
  1. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. "Orange Line station information". Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  3. "Metro G Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  4. "G Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 25, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  5. "Former Location/Contemporary Portrait, 2005". Metro. 15 August 2023.

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