Camarillo station

Camarillo
Amtrak station Metrolink commuter rail station
The platform in 2014, looking southwest at Lewis Road
Location	30 Lewis Road Camarillo, California 93010
Coordinates	34°12′59″N 119°02′01″W / 34.216469°N 119.0335°W / 34.216469; -119.0335Coordinates: 34°12′59″N 119°02′01″W / 34.216469°N 119.0335°W / 34.216469; -119.0335
Owned by	Union Pacific Railroad, City of Camarillo
Line(s)	Coast Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	VISTA (intercity bus service)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	CML
History
Opened	February 14, 1994; 27 years ago (1994-02-14)
Passengers
2017	54,582[1]  4.34% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Oxnard toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner (limited service) Moorpark toward Los Angeles or San Diego      Coast Starlight does not stop here Preceding station Metrolink Following station Oxnard toward East Ventura Ventura County Line Moorpark toward Los Angeles Union Station
Former services Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Oxnard toward San Francisco Coast Line Moorpark toward Los Angeles
Location

Camarillo is a passenger rail station in the city of Camarillo, California. It is served by both Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to east Ventura. It is located at the foot of Ventura Boulevard at the intersection of Lewis Road, and is underneath the US Highway 101 overpass. The first Camarillo depot was at this same location until Southern Pacific ended passenger service.

Nine Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and six Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. This limited Metrolink service runs only at peak hours in the peak direction of travel (i.e. three morning departures to Los Angeles and three evening arrivals from Los Angeles).^[2]

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Camarillo was the 41st-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 90 passengers daily.^[1]

History[]

When the Southern Pacific Railroad built a new line from Ventura to Los Angeles, it built a depot to serve the Rancho Camarillo. It was a Southern Pacific two-story design, similar to the still existing Santa Susana Depot built on the same line. It was located where the current Ventura Freeway overpass is today. While the overpass was being built in 1955, the depot building was shifted further north along the track closer to the old Ventura Boulevard rail crossing. Passenger service ended on the Coast line in the 1960s. The depot was offered to the City of Camarillo, but no location could be found to preserve it, so it was demolished in the 1970s. The Ventura Boulevard rail crossing was removed with the opening of the Ventura Freeway.

The Amtrak Coast Starlight train passed through Camarillo in the 1970s and 1980s, but did not stop for passengers. The location was an empty lot used for transloading box cars for many years. The short-lived CalTrain service also passed through Camarillo without stopping.

A temporary platform opened at the station on February 14, 1994, as part of the emergency expansion of service on the Ventura County Line in response to the 1994 Northridge earthquake.^[3] Amtrak's San Diegan trains (later renamed the Pacific Surfliner) began stopping in Camarillo on October 30, 1994.^[4]

Platforms and tracks[]

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Camarillo station at Wikimedia Commons
• Amtrak California Station Info Page
• Camarillo at the Metrolink website
• Camarillo (CML)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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