Van Nuys station

Van Nuys station is an Amtrak and Metrolink train station in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, close to the nighborhood of Panorama City. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle, Washington, and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura stop here.

For the G Line bus station, see Van Nuys station (Los Angeles Metro).

Van Nuys
Amtrak Metrolink (California)
Van Nuys station in June 2023
General information
Location7724 Van Nuys Boulevard
Van Nuys, California
United States
Coordinates34°12′41″N 118°26′54″W
Owned byState of California
Line(s)SCRRA Ventura Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks3 (1 bypass/yard track)
Connections
Construction
Parking350 spaces, 14 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities9 racks
AccessibleYes
ArchitectLPA Architects
Other information
StatusStaffed, station building with waiting room
Station codeAmtrak: VNC
History
OpenedOctober 18, 1982 (1982-10-18) (CalTrain)
June 26, 1988 (1988-06-26) (Amtrak)
ClosedMarch 1, 1983 (1983-03-01) (CalTrain)
RebuiltDecember 16, 1995 (1995-12-16)
2018–2019
Previous namesPanorama City (CalTrain)
Passengers
FY 202244,026[2] (Amtrak only)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Simi Valley
toward Seattle
 Coast Starlight Hollywood Burbank Airport
toward Los Angeles
Northridge
(limited service)
toward San Luis Obispo
 Pacific Surfliner Hollywood Burbank Airport
toward San Diego
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Northridge
toward Ventura–East
 Ventura County Line Burbank Airport–South
toward L.A. Union Station
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Roscoe
toward Sylmar/San Fernando
 East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project Sherman Way
toward Van Nuys
Former services
Preceding station CalTrain Following station
Chatsworth
towards Oxnard
 Los Angeles–Oxnard Burbank Airport
towards Los Angeles
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Whitsert
towards San Fernando
 San Fernando Amherst
towards Subway Terminal
Whitsert
towards Canoga Park
 Owensmouth
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Raymer
toward San Francisco
 Coast Line Burbank
toward Los Angeles
Location

Van Nuys station is served by eight Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (four in each direction) every day, with departures evenly spaced throughout the day. Twenty Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (ten in each direction) serve the station each weekday, running primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel. Two round trips operate on weekends. Metrolink passengers also have access to four of the Pacific Surfliner trains (two in each direction) each day through a codesharing arrangement with Amtrak.[3] Amtrak's Coast Starlight serves the station with one train daily in each direction.[4]

The station when opened the first time in 1982 was called Panorama City and was served by the short-lived CalTrain service in 1982–83. In 1988, service was restored with the Amtrak San Diegan with the station renamed as Van Nuys, and Metrolink service began in 1992.

History
The 1995-built station house

The diagonal railway across the San Fernando Valley was built in 1904 as a cutoff for the Southern Pacific Coast Line.[5] At the time the main Van Nuys station was located further south on the Burbank branch, at the modern Van Nuys G Line station.

Panorama City station opened with the inauguration of CalTrain on October 18, 1982.[6] The short-lived service ended on March 1, 1983.[7] Amtrak service to Van Nuys (the former CalTrain station) began on June 26, 1988, when one San Diegan round trip was extended to Santa Barbara.[8] Metrolink began Ventura County Line service with a stop at Van Nuys on October 26, 1992.[9] A modern glass-and-concrete Van Nuys station building, funded by Caltrans, opened on December 18, 1995.[10]

The station originally had a single side platform serving the southern track of the two-track Ventura Subdivision.[1] (A third track to the north is part of the Union Pacific Railroad Gemco Yard.[1][11] In January 2018, Metrolink began construction of an island platform — which serves both main tracks — and a pedestrian underpass.[12] Original plans called for a second side platform instead, but the island platform design had fewer impacts.[11] The project was originally to be completed in late 2019,[13] but was not officially finished until January 2020.[14]

Future
See also: East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project and Sepulveda Transit Corridor

Van Nuys is expected to be expanded in the coming years to provide more connectivity through the Valley and the rest of Los Angeles County.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project line runs adjacent to the station and the agency is planning a stop near Keswick Street to provide an interchange between systems. A new island platform in the median of Van Nuys Boulevard is expected to open for service in 2030.[15][16] That line's maintenance and storage facility is additionally planned to be located nearby.

This is the northernmost station of the further planned Sepulveda Transit Corridor. As of 2020 new subway or aerial platforms are planned to be built at Van Nuys for the service.

References
  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 16.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. "Coast Starlight Timetable" (PDF). Rail Passengers Association. April 4, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. "Coast Line History" (PDF). The Ferroequinologist. June 1984. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  5. "IT'S HERE. The start of the line". The Press-Courier. October 25, 1982. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  6. "State PUC dumps commuter train". Santa Cruz Sentinel. March 13, 1983 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1990 Through 1995 Fiscal Years. California Department of Transportation – Division of Mass Transportation. 1988. p. 60 – via Google Books.
  8. "History of Metrolink". Southern California Regional Rail Authority. 2017.
  9. "Van Nuys, CA (VNC)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
  10. "Van Nuys Station Project" (PDF). Southern California Regional Rail Authority.
  11. "Van Nuys Station Project Update". Metrolink Matters. Southern California Regional Rail Authority. March 29, 2018.
  12. "Van Nuys Station". Southern California Regional Rail Authority.
  13. "$32 million upgrade to Van Nuys Metrolink Station touted as 'lynchpin' of future Valley transit". Los Angeles Daily News. January 16, 2020.
  14. "Public comment begins on L.A. Metro's FEIS/R for LRT project between Van Nuys and San Fernando". Mass Transit. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  15. "May 2023 LA Metro update to FTA on ESFV project". June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

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