Buena Park station

{{Short description|Passenger train station in Buena Park, California, United States}}

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

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{{Infobox station

| name = Buena Park

| style = Metrolink (California)

| image = Buena Park Metrolink Station.jpg

| image_caption = Buena Park station, just before 2007 opening

| address = 8400 Lakeknoll Drive

| borough = Buena Park, California

| coordinates = {{coord|33.8762|-117.9884|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA|display=inline,title|format=dms}}

| owned = City of Buena Park

| line = BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision{{CA rail schematics|page=22}}

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 3

| connections = {{bus icon}} OC Bus: {{OC Bus route|25}}, {{OC Bus route|29A}}, {{OC Bus route|123}}

| parking = 302 spaces, 11 accessible spaces{{Cite web |title=Buena Park Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/buena-park |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Metrolink |language=en}}

| bicycle =

| accessible = Yes

| opened = {{start date|2007|9|4}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metrolink (California)

|line1=91|left1=Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs|right1=Fullerton

|line2=Orange County|left2=Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs|right2=Fullerton

}}

| mapframe = yes

}}

Buena Park station is a train station in Buena Park, California, United States, served by Metrolink commuter rail. It is at the center of a transit-oriented development including townhomes and a housing complex owned by the California State University, Fullerton, near the corner of Dale Street and Malvern Avenue. The station is served by Metrolink's Orange County Line and 91/Perris Valley Line.

The station has a clock tower nearly 70 feet high which echoes a clock tower at nearby Knott's Berry Farm, itself a copy of Independence Hall in Philadelphia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-05-me-station5-story.html |title=Metrolink's Buena Park station opens for business |last=Reyes |first=David |date=September 5, 2007 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 5, 2019}} The station includes a 300-car parking lot and a covered pedestrian overpass to allow passengers to cross the tracks.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

Construction started in January 2006, and after many delays, the station opened on September 4, 2007. Construction cost $14 million.

The proposed alignment for the California High-Speed Rail project would require the loss of the station or the demolition of about 25 condominiums.{{citation|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/station-238503-city-council.html|title=Railway shift could save Buena Park residences|date=March 10, 2010|first=Michael|last=Mello|work=Orange County Register}} The City of Buena Park joined other area municipalities to demand greater consultation from the High-Speed Rail Commission. In response, the California High-Speed Rail Authority agreed to study the possibility of a "shared-track alignment" between Los Angeles and Anaheim that would not require the demolition of the present station or condominiums.{{Cite web |last=OC |first=Voice of |date=2010-04-10 |title=High-speed Hope in Buena Park |url=http://voiceofoc.org/2010/04/high-speed-hope-in-buena-park/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Voice of OC |language=en-US}}

Amtrak(s) Pacific Surfliner and Southwest Chief passes through the station but does not stop in Buena Park.