Simi Valley station

Simi Valley station is a passenger rail station in the city of Simi Valley, California. It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner (San Luis Obispo-San Diego) and Coast Starlight (Los Angeles Union Station-Seattle), and Metrolink's Ventura County Line (Los Angeles Union Station-East Ventura).

Simi Valley
View of the station platform in 2013
Location	5050 Los Angeles Ave Simi Valley, CA 93063 United States
Coordinates	34°16′13″N 118°41′43″W
Owned by	City of Simi Valley
Line(s)	SCRRA Ventura Subdivision[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Simi Valley Transit
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	Amtrak code: SIM
History
Opened	October 18, 1982 (1982-10-18) (CalTrain) October 26, 1986 (1986-10-26) (Amtrak)
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	52,064[2]  1.99% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Oxnard toward Seattle Coast Starlight Van Nuys toward Los Angeles Moorpark (limited service) toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Chatsworth toward Los Angeles or San Diego Preceding station Metrolink Following station Moorpark toward East Ventura Ventura County Line Chatsworth toward Los Angeles Union Station
Former services Preceding station CalTrain Following station Moorpark towards Oxnard Los Angeles–Oxnard Chatsworth towards Los Angeles Union Station
Location

The station opened with the inauguration of CalTrain in 1982,[3] though this service was extremely short lived.

Ten Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 16 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. The Coast Starlight operates one train daily in each direction.[4] Service to Simi Valley began on October 26, 1986, when the Coast Starlight began stopping there.[5]

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Simi Valley was the 37th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 111 passengers daily.[6]

Platforms and tracks

Main track	■ Coast Starlight	toward Seattle (Oxnard)
	■ Coast Starlight	toward Los Angeles (Van Nuys)
	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Luis Obispo (Moorpark or Oxnard)
	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Diego-Union Station (Chatsworth)
	■ Ventura County Line	toward East Ventura (Moorpark)
	■ Ventura County Line	toward L.A. Union Station (Chatsworth)

References

1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
2. "2017 California Report" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
3. "IT'S HERE. The start of the line". The Press-Courier. 25 October 1982. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
4. "Train Web: Simi Valley".
5. Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988-93 Fiscal Years. Sacramento, CA: Division of Mass Transportation, Caltrans. 1988. p. 37. OCLC 18113227.
6. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

External links

• Media related to Simi Valley station at Wikimedia Commons
• Amtrak California Station Info Page
• Simi Valley at the Metrolink website
• Simi Valley, CA – Amtrak
• Simi Valley Amtrak-Metrolink Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
• Simi Valley (SIM)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)