Simi Valley station

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Simi Valley
Simi valley train station at dusk from tracks.jpg
View of the station platform in 2013
Location5050 Los Angeles Avenue, Simi Valley, California 93063
United States
Coordinates34°16′13″N 118°41′43″W / 34.27028°N 118.69528°W / 34.27028; -118.69528Coordinates: 34°16′13″N 118°41′43″W / 34.27028°N 118.69528°W / 34.27028; -118.69528
Owned byCity of Simi Valley
Line(s)SCRRA Ventura Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsSimi Valley Transit
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeAmtrak code: SIM
History
OpenedOctober 18, 1982 (1982-10-18) (CalTrain)
October 26, 1986 (1986-10-26) (Amtrak)
Passengers
201752,064[2] Increase 1.99% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg 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 icon.svg 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
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Moorpark
toward San Francisco
 Coast Line Chatsworth
toward Los Angeles
Location

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).

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.[3]

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.[4]

History[]

The Southern Pacific Railroad built a line between Ventura and Los Angeles, as an alternate to the Montalvo to Newhall line. The first passenger station to serve the Rancho Simi area was the Santa Susana Depot, originally located at Tapo Street and Los Angeles Avenue.[5] The depot served the community of Santa Susana which is now mostly within the city of Simi Valley. The historic Santa Susana Depot building has since been preserved and moved three miles east of its original location.

The current station parking location was acquired for CalTrain by 1982. Located one mile east of the Tapo Street depot location, the station opened with the inauguration of CalTrain in 1982.[6] The first trips were on October 18, 1982.[7] The CalTrain service was discontinued by 1983.

The Amtrak Coast Starlight began stopping there on October 26, 1986.[8][9] On June 26, 1988, Amtrak extended one daily San Diegan round trip to Santa Barbara, stopping at the Simi Valley Station.[10][11] Metrolink Ventura County Line service began on October 26, 1992, stopping at all former CalTrain stations (except Oxnard, which Metrolink began serving after the 1994 Northridge earthquake).[12]

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. ^ "Train Web: Simi Valley".
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  5. ^ Bill Appleton; Simi Valley Historical Society (10 August 2009). Santa Susana. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-3820-0. OCLC 700950508.
  6. ^ "IT'S HERE. The start of the line". The Press-Courier. 25 October 1982. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. ^ Rail Passenger Development Plan ...: As Required by Section 14036 of the Government Code. State of California, Department of Transportation. 1984. OCLC 12385802.
  8. ^ Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988-93 Fiscal Years. Sacramento, CA: Division of Mass Transportation, Caltrans. 1988. p. 37. OCLC 18113227.
  9. ^ Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988 Through 1993 Fiscal Years. California Department of Transportation - Division of Mass Transportation. 1988. p. 48 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1990 Through 1995 Fiscal Years. California Department of Transportation - Division of Mass Transportation. 1988. pp. 60–61 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Burbank—Airport, CA (BUR)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
  12. ^ "History of Metrolink". Southern California Regional Rail Authority. 2017.

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