Chatsworth station

Chatsworth station (also known as Chatsworth Transportation Center) is an intermodal passenger transport station in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Chatsworth, California, United States. It is served by Amtrak intercity rail and Metrolink commuter rail service, Metro Busway bus rapid transit, and several local and express bus operators.

Chatsworth
Chatsworth Transportation Center in November 2006
Location	10046 Old Depot Plaza Road Chatsworth, California United States
Coordinates	34°15′10″N 118°35′58″W
Owned by	City of Los Angeles
Line(s)	SCRRA Ventura Subdivision[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms (rail) 1 side platform (Orange Line)
Tracks	2
Connections	Metro Local: 158, 166, 167, 244, 245, 364 Santa Clarita Transit: 791 LADOT Commuter Express: 419 Simi Valley Transit: C
Construction
Parking	610 spaces
Bicycle facilities	16 rack spaces 16 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: CWT
History
Opened	December 29, 1982 (December 29, 1982) (CalTrain) June 26, 1988 (Amtrak) October 26, 1992 (Metrolink) June 30, 2012 (June 30, 2012) (Orange Line)
Closed	March 1, 1983 (CalTrain) 1992 (original Amtrak station)
Rebuilt	1996
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	72,278[2]  1.61% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Simi Valley toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Van Nuys toward Los Angeles or San Diego      Coast Starlight does not stop here Preceding station Metrolink Following station Simi Valley toward East Ventura Ventura County Line Northridge toward Los Angeles Union Station Preceding station Metro Busway Following station Terminus G Line Nordhoff toward North Hollywood
Location

Chatsworth is served by five daily Amtrak Pacific Surfliner round trips and eleven weekday Metrolink Ventura County Line round trips; it is also the northern terminus of the Metro Orange Line. The station is served by Metro Local and Simi Valley Transit local buses, plus Santa Clarita Transit and LADOT Commuter Express regional routes.

The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) opened its first Chatsworth station in 1893; SP service ended in the 1950s. CalTrain service from 1982-83, and Amtrak service beginning in 1988, used a station located 1.2 miles (1.9 km) to the southeast. Metrolink service began in 1992 with a station near the former SP station site; Amtrak service soon moved there. A station building was completed in 1996, and Orange Line service began in 2012.

History

Orange Line platform at Chatsworth in 2015

The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) opened a 17-mile (27 km) branch line from Burbank to Chatsworth in 1893.[3] The SP extended the branch westward in 1904, eventually forming the Coast Line.[3] The 1893-built station was a typical style: a two-story wooden depot with a longer one-story freight house. It was replaced with a similar larger station in 1910, and burned in 1917; the newer station was demolished in 1962.[3]

An infill station opened in Chatsworth on the short-lived CalTrain line on December 29, 1982, only to close when service ended on March 2, 1983.[4][5] On June 26, 1988, Amtrak extended one San Diegan round trip to Santa Barbara, with the ex-CalTrain stop at Chatsworth reused as an intermediate stop.[6] The stop was located just east of DeSoto Avenue, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of the former SP station site.[3]

On October 26, 1992, Metrolink Ventura County Line service began.[7] The Metrolink station - a bare platform with small shelters - was located near the original station site; Amtrak soon moved its operations to the Metrolink station.[3] The Chatsworth Transportation Center, opened in 1996, was designed to echo the appearance of the 1893-built station. The 220-foot (67 m)-long structure cost $1.7 million.[3] The station originally had only a single side platform on the east (main) track; a second platform on the west (siding) track was later added.[1]

On June 30, 2012, the LACMTA opened a 4-mile (6.4 km) extension of Orange Line bus rapid transit, with Chatsworth as the northern terminus.[8]

References

1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 16.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
3. "Chatsworth, CA (CWT)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
4. "State Officials Dedicate New Train Station". Oxnard Press-Courier. December 29, 1982. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
5. "State PUC dumps commuter train". Santa Cruz Sentinel. March 13, 1983 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988 Through 1993 Fiscal Years. California Department of Transportation - Division of Mass Transportation. 1988. p. 45 – via Google Books.
7. "History of Metrolink". Southern California Regional Rail Authority. 2017.
8. Bloomekatz, Ari (June 27, 2012). "Orange Line busway is Metro's quiet success story". Los Angeles Times.

External links

Media related to Chatsworth station at Wikimedia Commons

• Chatsworth, CA – Amtrak
• Chatsworth at the Metrolink website
• Great American Stations (Amtrak): Chatsworth, CA (CWT)
• TrainWeb USA RailGuide: Chatsworth, CA (CWT)