Palmdale Transportation Center

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Palmdale Transportation Center
Metrolink commuter rail station
Palmdale Transportation Center.jpg
The Palmdale Transportation Center
Location39000 Clock Tower Plaza Drive
Palmdale, California 93550
Coordinates34°35′27″N 118°07′10″W / 34.59083°N 118.11944°W / 34.59083; -118.11944Coordinates: 34°35′27″N 118°07′10″W / 34.59083°N 118.11944°W / 34.59083; -118.11944
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
OpenedJanuary 24, 1994[2]
RebuiltApril 2005
Services
Preceding station Metrolink icon.svg Metrolink Following station
Lancaster
Terminus
Antelope Valley Line Vincent Grade/Acton
Future services
Preceding station California High-Speed Rail Following station
Bakersfield Phase I Burbank Airport
towards Anaheim
Preceding station Brightline Small Logo.png Brightline Following station
Initial Planned Service
Terminus Brightline West Victor Valley
toward Las Vegas
Proposed Service
Los Angeles
Terminus
Brightline West Victor Valley
toward Las Vegas
Location

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.

Rail service[]

The center is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Lancaster.[3] 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[]

A multi-modal high-speed rail station just south of the existing station is designated as a stop on the planned California High-Speed Rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles.[4] It is also proposed as a terminus of the planned Brightline West high-speed rail line to Las Vegas.[5]

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 and FlixBus also serve 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

FlixBus

Greyhound Lines

  • Route 554 - Palmdale/Los Angeles[6]

References[]

  1. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
  2. ^ Brooks, Carole A. (January 25, 1994). "Local Metrolink Line Sets System Record Monday With 16,000 Riders". The Signal. Santa Clarita, California. p. 10. Retrieved January 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ Gbenekama, Delana G. (October 2012). Metrolink 20th Anniversary Report (PDF). HWDS and Associates, Inc. pp. 9, 48. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "High Speed Rail". City of Palmdale. Retrieved 2021-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Akers, Mick (2020-08-21). "High-speed rail project inching closer to possible LA connections". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  6. ^ Greyhound Schedule

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