:en:Moorpark station

{{Short description|Railway station in Moorpark, California}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Moorpark

| style = Metrolink (California)

| image = Moorpark Metrolink.jpg

| image_caption = A Metrolink train arriving at Moorpark station, 2010

| address = 300 High Street

| borough = Moorpark, California

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|34|17|07|N|118|52|37|W|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA}}

| owned = City of Moorpark

| line = SCRRA Ventura Subdivision{{CA rail schematics|page=16}}

| platform = 1 side platform, 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| {{bus icon}} Moorpark City Transit: 1, 2

| {{bus icon}} VCTC Intercity: Cross County, East County

}}

| parking = 270 spaces, 8 accessible spaces{{Cite web |title=Moorpark Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/moorpark/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Metrolink |language=en}}

| bicycle = Racks

| accessible = Yes

| status = Unstaffed, platform with shelters

| code = {{Amtrak code|MPK}}

| opened = {{Plainlist|

  • {{start date and age|1983}} (CalTrain)
  • {{start date and age|1992|10|25}} (Amtrak)

}}

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak only|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Moorpark}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Pacific Surfliner|left1=Camarillo|right1=Simi Valley

|line2=Coast Starlight|nonstop2 = y

|system3=Metrolink (California)

|line3=Ventura County|left3=Camarillo|right3=Simi Valley

}}

| other_services_header = Future services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metrolink (California)|line=Ventura|left=Camarillo|type=Goleta

|type2=Goleta|left2=Camarillo|right2=L.A. Union Station|to-right2=L.A. Union Station|note-right2=Southbound only}}

| other_services2_header = Former services

| other_services2_collapsible = yes

| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=CalTrain|line=Los Angeles–Oxnard|left=Oxnard|right=Simi Valley|system2=Southern Pacific Railroad|line2=Coast Line|left2=Camarillo|right2=Santa Susana}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Moorpark station is a passenger rail station in the city of Moorpark, California. Service commenced in 1983 as an infill station on the short-lived CalTrain line.{{cite news | title=It's Here | newspaper=Oxnard Press-Courier | date=February 16, 1983 | access-date=18 January 2020 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p9tQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DCINAAAAIBAJ&dq=caltrain%20moorpark&pg=4398%2C3234677}} The station was rebuilt in 1992 to accommodate the new Metrolink Ventura County Line commuter trains. Service on that line began on October 26, 1992; Amtrak's Santa Barbara–San Diego San Diegan trains had begun stopping there the day before.{{cite news|last=Maiella|first=James Jr.|title=City Hopes for a Revival With Metrolink |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33623522/city_hopes_for_a_revival_with_metrolink/|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 25, 1992|page=B1|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = July 7, 2019 }}

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 stop here.

{{LA Metrolink hours and frequency|PS/VC Mid}}

Moorpark served as the Ventura County Line's terminal until service was extended to Oxnard after the Northridge earthquake in 1994, and now acts as the western terminus of the Ventura County Line except during peak hours in the peak direction of travel. Metrolink stores trains in a small yard a short distance west of the station.{{cite web |title=Moorpark, California (MPK) |url=http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/moorpark.htm}}

In FY2018, boarding or detraining Amtrak passengers averaged approximately 50 passengers daily.{{cite web |title= Amtrak Service in Moorpark, California|publisher=Rail Passengers Association |date=2019 |url= https://www.railpassengers.org/site/assets/files/2231/mpk.pdf |access-date= 18 January 2020}}

Historic Moorpark station

The original Moorpark station was constructed at 18 E. High Street by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1900. The first station was destroyed by fire in 1909 and was rebuilt in 1910. It remained in service until the late 1950s and was demolished in 1964. The former station site is now occupied by the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce.{{cite web |url=http://moorparkhistoricalsociety.org/points-of-historical-interest/moorpark-depot-richfield-station/ |title=Original Moorpark Southern Pacific Depot Site |website=Moorpark Points of Historical Interest|publisher=Moorpark Historical Society |access-date=January 18, 2020}}

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