:en:Oxnard Transit Center
{{Short description|Train and bus station in Oxnard, California, US}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Oxnard, CA
| style = Amtrak
| other_name = Oxnard Transit Center
| image = Oxnard Transportation Center.jpg
| caption = Morning view from the southeast of the station in 2014
| address = 201 East Fourth Street
| borough = Oxnard, California
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|34|11|58|N|119|10|34|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| owned = City of Oxnard
| line = UP Santa Barbara Subdivision{{CA rail schematics|page=15}}
| platforms = 1 side platform
| tracks = 2
| bus_stands = 16
| bus_routes = {{Unbulleted list
| {{bus icon}} Amtrak Thruway: 10
| {{bus icon}} Gold Coast Transit
| {{bus icon}} Greyhound Lines
| {{bus icon}} FlixBus
}}
| parking = 110 spaces, 3 accessible spaces{{Cite web |title=Oxnard Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/oxnard/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Metrolink |language=en}}
| accessible = Yes
| architect = Joan Briggs
| architectural_style =
| status = Staffed, station building with waiting room
| code = {{Amtrak code|OXN}}
| opened = {{start date|1987}}
| former = Oxnard Transportation Center
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak only|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Oxnard}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Coast Starlight|left1=Santa Barbara|right1=Simi Valley|to-left1=Seattle|to-right1=Los Angeles
|line2=Pacific Surfliner|left2=Ventura|right2=Camarillo
|system3=Metrolink (California)
|line3=Ventura County|left3=Ventura–East|right3=Camarillo
}}
| other_services_header = Future services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metrolink (California)|line=Ventura|left=Ventura–Downtown/Beach|to-left=Goleta|right=Camarillo|type=Goleta}}
| other_services2_header = Former services
| other_services2_collapsible = yes
| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Spirit of California|left=Santa Barbara|to-left=Sacramento|note-mid=1981–1983|right=Glendale|to-right=Los Angeles}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}
The Oxnard Transit Center (formerly Oxnard Transportation Center) is an intermodal transit center in downtown Oxnard, California. It is served by Amtrak Coast Starlight and Pacific Surfliner intercity service plus Metrolink Ventura County Line commuter service.
Service
{{LA Metrolink hours and frequency|PS/CS/VC North}}
History
File:Oxnard station from the Coast Starlight, May 1976.jpg
The Southern Pacific Railroad constructed a wye at Montalvo in late 1897 on the original route connecting Ventura to Los Angeles through the Santa Clara River Valley. This spur was needed for shipping construction equipment to the site of a new beet sugar refinery. A wooden railroad trestle and rail line were constructed over the Santa Clara River as the spur headed south, reaching the new settlement here on the relatively isolated coastal plain in April 1898.{{cite report|author=San Buenaventura Research Associates |date=July 2005 |url=http://developmentservices.cityofoxnard.org/Uploads/Planning/Historic-Survey_Oxnard-Survey-Final-Report.pdf |title=Downtown Oxnard Historic Resources Survey Final Report |publisher=City of Oxnard|archive-date=2015-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123936/http://developmentservices.cityofoxnard.org/Uploads/Planning/Historic-Survey_Oxnard-Survey-Final-Report.pdf}} The rail line turned here from the north–south alignment to east–west towards Camarillo as they continued building the towards Santa Susana in the Simi Valley. With the completion of the Santa Susana Tunnel connecting the line to Burbank, this became the most direct route between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The new settlement was named after the factory owner and in 1904 traffic on the coast railroad line was rerouted through Oxnard.[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19040320.2.33&srpos=1 "CHATSWORTH PARK CUTOFF LINE OPENS TODAY"] Los Angeles Herald 20 March 1904. Volume XXXI, Number 173, Page 2
In 1987, the current station was constructed on the northerly end of the curve while the former station remained at the southerly end. The former Oxnard depot has continued in use as a maintenance and freight yard office by Union Pacific.
Metrolink service started on April 4, 1994, after the Northridge earthquake damaged Simi Valley Freeway and the Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed to temporarily fund the extension of service. The trains were stored overnight in a temporary layover facility in the Montalvo neighborhood of Ventura where the Santa Paula Branch Line, owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission, connects to the Coast Line.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-04-me-42008-story.html|title=Last of Post-Quake Metrolink Stations Opening in Oxnard |work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 4, 1994|first=Sara|last=Catania}}
References
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External links
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{{Amtrak web|OXN|Oxnard, CA}}
{{Metrolink web|oxnard|Oxnard}}
{{Oxnard, California}}
{{Metrolink Ventura County Line navbox}}
{{Amtrak California stations}}
Category:Amtrak stations in Ventura County, California
Category:Buildings and structures in Oxnard, California
Category:Bus stations in Ventura County, California
Category:Metrolink stations in Ventura County, California
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1987
Category:Transit centers in the United States