Palmdale Transportation Center

The Palmdale Transportation Center is a multi-modal transportation center featuring a Metrolink rail station, a local bus hub, and commuter bus hub, in the city of Palmdale, California. The center was completely rebuilt in April 2005. It now features a "clock tower plaza" which has an enclosed waiting room with concessions and vending, public telephone, restrooms, a bus pass sales office, and security service. For those who wish to wait closer to the services, the center has four partially enclosed shelters at the bus hub and six partially enclosed shelters for the rail platform. The center also has a large parking lot for those who wish to "Park and Ride" the Metrolink or commuter buses.

Palmdale Transportation Center
Metrolink commuter rail station
The Palmdale Transportation Center
Location39000 Clock Tower Plaza Drive
Palmdale, CA 93550
Coordinates34°35′27″N 118°07′10″W
Owned byCity of Palmdale
Line(s)SCRRA Valley Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAmtrak Thruway Bus Service
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
Greyhound Lines
Santa Clarita Transit
Construction
Parking586 "Park and Ride" lot spaces
Bicycle facilities8 Locker Spaces
Bikeway Connectors
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codePMD
History
Opened1994
RebuiltApril 2005
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Lancaster
Terminus
 Antelope Valley Line Vincent Grade/Acton
toward Los Angeles Union Station
Future services
Preceding station California High-Speed Rail Following station
Bakersfield
towards Merced or San Francisco 4th and King Street
 Phase I Burbank
towards Anaheim
Location

Rail service

Built in three days after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the center is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Lancaster.[2] Twenty-one Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday and 12 trains serve on weekends. 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.

Platforms and tracks
East track ■ Bypass/Freight line No passenger service
West track ■ Antelope Valley Line toward Lancaster (Terminus)
■ Antelope Valley Line toward L.A. Union Station (Vincent Grade/Acton)

Future connections

The center is designated as a stop on the future California High-Speed Rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It is also the terminus of the planned Desert Xpress / Virgin Trains USA high-speed rail line to Las Vegas.

Bus services

The center serves as a hub for the Antelope Valley Transit Authority, the city's local bus system as well as a hub for its commuter bus network to Los Angeles. City of Santa Clarita Transit also serves the station with its commuter bus system to Santa Clarita which serve to supplement Metrolink service when the trains go only as far as the stations in Santa Clarita. Greyhound Bus also serves the station.

Amtrak California:

  • Route 12- Bakersfield/Victorville

Antelope Valley Transit Authority:

  • Local: 1, 3, 7, 9, Lake LA Express
  • Commuter Express: 785, 786, 787
  • North County TRANSporter (790)
  • School Service: 97

Greyhound Lines

  • Route 557 - Palmdale/Los Angeles[3]

References
  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
  2. Gbenekama, Delana G. (October 2012). Metrolink 20th Anniversary Report (PDF). HWDS and Associates, Inc. pp. 9, 48. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. Greyhound Schedule


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