:en:Chatsworth station
{{Short description|Transit center in Los Angeles, California}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Chatsworth
| style = Metrolink (California)
| symbol = Amtrak
| symbol_location = us
| image = Chatsworth Station2.jpg
| caption = Amtrak/Metrolink platform at Chatsworth station in November 2006
| other_name = Chatsworth Transportation Center
| address = 10046 Old Depot Plaza Road
| borough = Chatsworth, California
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|34|15|10|N|118|35|58|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| owned = City of Los Angeles
| line = SCRRA Ventura Subdivision{{CA rail schematics|page=16}}
| platforms = 2 side platforms (rail)
1 side platform (G Line)
| tracks = 2
| connections = {{Unbulleted list
| City of Santa Clarita Transit
}}
| parking = 816 spaces{{Cite web |title=Chatsworth Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/chatsworth/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Metrolink |language=en}}
| bicycle = Racks and lockers{{Cite web |title=Secure Bike Parking on Metro |url=https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf |access-date=November 5, 2021 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=en-US |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906210731/https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf |url-status=dead }}
| accessible = Yes
| status = Unstaffed, platform with shelters
| code = {{Amtrak code|CWT}}
| opened = {{start date|1982|12|29}} (CalTrain)
June 26, 1988 (Amtrak)
October 26, 1992 (Metrolink)
{{start date|2012|06|30}} (G Line)
| closed = March 1, 1983 (CalTrain)
1993 (original Amtrak station)
| rebuilt = 1996
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Chatsworth}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}{{rail pass box|system=G Line|passengers={{LAMetro Ridership|Canoga|no}} {{Abbr|avg. wkdy|average weekday}} boardings{{LAMetro Ridership|citation}}|pass_year={{LAMetro Ridership|date}}}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Pacific Surfliner|left1=Simi Valley|right1=Van Nuys
|line2=Pacific Surfliner|left2=Simi Valley|right2=Northridge|note-right2= (limited service)
|line3=Coast Starlight|nonstop3=y
|system4= Metrolink (California)
|line4=Ventura County|left4=Simi Valley|right4=Northridge
|system5=Los Angeles Metro Busway
|line5=G|right5=Nordhoff
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=CalTrain|line1=Los Angeles–Oxnard|left1=Simi Valley|right1=Panorama City
|system2=Southern Pacific Railroad|line2=Coast Line|left2=Santa Susana|right2=Northridge
|line3=Burbank|right3=Owensmouth
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| symbol2 =
| symbol_location2 =
| symbol3 = G
| symbol_location3 = losangeles
}}
Chatsworth station (also known as Chatsworth Transportation Center) is an intermodal passenger transport station in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Chatsworth, United States. It is served by Amtrak {{lnl|Amtrak|Pacific Surfliner}} inter-city rail service, Metrolink Ventura County Line commuter rail service, and the Metro G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway bus rapid transit. The station is also served by Los Angeles Metro Bus and Simi Valley Transit local buses, plus Santa Clarita Transit and LADOT Commuter Express regional express bus routes.
The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) opened its first Chatsworth station in 1893; SP service ended in the 1950s. CalTrain service from 1982 to 1983, and Amtrak service beginning in 1988, used a station located {{convert|1.2|miles}} to the southeast. Metrolink service began in 1992 with a station near the former SP station site; Amtrak service soon moved there. A station building was completed in 1996, and bus rapid transit service began in 2012.
History
The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) opened a {{convert|22|mile|adj=on}} branch line from Burbank to Chatsworth in 1893.{{Cite web |title=Chatsworth Railroad History |url=https://www.chatsworthhistory.com/Program%20Downloads/Chatsworth%20Railroad%20History.pdf |access-date=January 31, 2021 |publisher=Chatsworth Historical Society}} The SP extended the branch westward in 1904, eventually forming the Coast Line. The 1893-built station was a typical style: a two-story wooden depot with a longer one-story freight house. It was replaced with a similar larger station in 1910, though was left standing. The original depot burned down in 1917; the newer station was demolished in 1962.
An infill station opened in Chatsworth on the short-lived CalTrain line on December 29, 1982, only to close when service ended on March 2, 1983.{{Cite news |date=December 29, 1982 |title=State Officials Dedicate New Train Station |work=Oxnard Press-Courier |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mBxKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HyINAAAAIBAJ&dq=caltrain%20burbank%20airport&pg=3028%2C7217234 |access-date=February 2, 2013}}{{Cite news |date=March 13, 1983 |title=State PUC dumps commuter train |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33537602/state_puc_dumps_commuter_train/ |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} On June 26, 1988, Amtrak extended one San Diegan round trip to Santa Barbara, with the ex-CalTrain stop at Chatsworth reused as an intermediate stop.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucw6AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA45 |title=Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988 Through 1993 Fiscal Years |publisher=California Department of Transportation – Division of Mass Transportation |year=1988 |page=45 |via=Google Books}} The stop was located just east of DeSoto Avenue, {{convert|1.2|miles}} southeast of the former SP station site.{{Cite web |title=Chatsworth, CA (CWT) |url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/chatsworth-ca-cwt/ |website=Great American Stations |publisher=Amtrak}}
On October 26, 1992, Metrolink Ventura County Line service began.{{Cite web |year=2017 |title=History of Metrolink |url=https://www.metrolinktrains.com/about/agency/history-of-metrolink/ |publisher=Southern California Regional Rail Authority}} The Metrolink station – a bare platform with small shelters – was located near the original station site. Amtrak moved its operations to the Metrolink station by mid-1993.{{cite book |url=http://timetables.org/browse/?group=19921025nr&item=0006 |page=6 |title=Fall/Winter 1992/1993 National Timetable |date=December 14, 1992 |publisher=Amtrak}}{{cite book |url=http://timetables.org/browse/?group=19930502n&item=0006 |page=6 |title=Spring/Summer 1993 National Timetable |date=May 2, 1993 |publisher=Amtrak}} The Chatsworth Transportation Center, opened in 1996, was designed to echo the appearance of the 1893-built station. The {{convert|220|foot|adj=on}}-long structure cost $1.7 million. The station originally had only a single side platform on the east (main) track; a second platform on the west (siding) track was later added.
On June 30, 2012, LA Metro opened a {{Convert|4|mi|km|adj=on}} extension of the Orange Line (now the G Line) busway, with Chatsworth as the northern terminus.{{Cite news |last=Bloomekatz |first=Ari |date=June 27, 2012 |title=Orange Line busway is Metro's quiet success story |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-jun-27-la-me-orange-line-20120628-story.html}}
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Service
File:Train Waiting at Chatsworth Station.jpg
{{LA Metrolink hours and frequency|PS/VC Mid}}
{{LA Metro hours and frequency|G}}
{{As of|2025|1|19|df=us}}, the following connections are available:{{Cite web |date=January 19, 2025 |title=G Line Timetable – Connections section |url=https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/17112359/901_01-19-25.pdf |access-date=January 20, 2025 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=2}}
- City of Santa Clarita Transit: 791
- LADOT Commuter Express: {{LADOT route|419}}
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: {{LA Metro route|150}}, {{LA Metro route|158}}, {{LA Metro route|167}}, {{LA Metro route|244}}
- Simi Valley Transit: 10{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Bus Schedules and Route Maps |url=https://www.simivalley.org/home/showpublisheddocument/29110/638648445244300000 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=Simi Valley Transit |pages=3–4}}
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References
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External links
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{{Amtrak web|CWT|Chatsworth, CA}}
{{Metrolink web|Chatsworth|Chatsworth}}
{{Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway stations navbox}}
{{Metrolink Ventura County Line navbox}}
{{Chatsworth, Los Angeles}}
{{Metrolink (California)}}
{{Amtrak California stations}}
Category:Railway stations in Los Angeles
Category:Chatsworth, Los Angeles
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Category:Amtrak stations in Los Angeles County, California
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Category:Metrolink stations in Los Angeles County, California
Category:Transit centers in the United States
Category:Public transportation in the San Fernando Valley
Category:Public transportation in Los Angeles
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1982
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Category:1982 establishments in California
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