Burbank Airport–South station

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

{{for|the station served by the Antelope Valley Line|Burbank Airport–North station}}

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

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

{{Infobox station

| name = {{resize|Hollywood Burbank Airport, CA}} {{Airportsign|size=16px|airport=Hollywood Burbank Airport}}

| other_name = Burbank Airport–South

| style = Amtrak

| image = Bob hope airport train station at dusk.jpg

| image_caption = Station in 2012 (as Bob Hope Airport station)

| address = 3750 Empire Avenue

| borough = Burbank, California

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|34.192778|-118.352151|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}

| owned = California Department of Transportation

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

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| train_operators = {{Unbulleted list|Amtrak|Metrolink}}

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| {{bus icon}} Amtrak Thruway: 1C

| {{bus icon}} Burbank Bus: Orange

| {{bus icon}} Los Angeles Metro Bus: {{LA Metro route|165}}, {{LA Metro route|169}}, {{LA Metro route|222}}, {{LA Metro route|294}}, Metro Micro North Hollywood/Burbank

}}

| structure = Embankment

| parking = 40 spaces, paid parking also available in airport lots{{Cite web |title=Burbank Airport–South Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/burbankairportsouth/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Metrolink |language=en}}

| bicycle = Yes

| accessible = Yes

| status = Unstaffed, platform with shelters

| code = {{Amtrak code|BUR}}

| opened = {{Plainlist|

• {{start date|1983|2}} (CalTrain)
• {{start date|1990|6|1}} (Amtrak)

}}

| closed = March 1, 1983 (CalTrain)

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

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Coast Starlight|left1=Van Nuys|oneway-left1=true|right1=Los Angeles|to-left1=Seattle|to-right1=Los Angeles

|line2=Pacific Surfliner|left2=Van Nuys|right2=Glendale

|line3=Pacific Surfliner|left3=Van Nuys|right3=Downtown Burbank|note-right3=(limited service)

|system4=Metrolink (California)

|line4=Ventura County|left4=Van Nuys|right4=Downtown Burbank

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=CalTrain|line=Los Angeles–Oxnard|left=Panorama City|right=Glendale}}

|map_type = California#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Burbank Airport–South station, referred to as Hollywood Burbank Airport station by Amtrak and formerly known as Bob Hope Airport station, is an unstaffed Amtrak and Metrolink train station on the southeast corner of Hollywood Burbank Airport in the city of Burbank, California. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle, Washington, and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura stop here.

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

Twice daily Amtrak Thruway 1C bus service connects the station with Newhall and Bakersfield to the north, Van Nuys to the west, and Westwood/UCLA and Santa Monica to the south.{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2022 |title=Thruway Bus Routes |url=https://amtraksanjoaquins.com/thruway-bus-routes/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=San Joaquins |publisher=San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority |language=en-US}}

The station is located across Empire Avenue from the airport's Regional Intermodal Transportation Center (RITC). Most city bus lines stop at the bottom level of the RITC. Passengers traveling to the airport can take an elevator or escalator to a pedestrian bridge that connects the RITC to the terminal with moving walkways. The airport also offers shuttle service for those unable or unwilling to use the pedestrian bridge and moving walkways.{{Cite web |title=Buses & Trains |url=https://www.hollywoodburbankairport.com/ground-transportation/buses-trains/ |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=Hollywood Burbank Airport |language=en-US}}

Of the 76 California stations served by Amtrak, Burbank was the 28th-busiest in FY2017, with 73,814 total passengers.{{Cite web |date=November 2017 |title=Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of California |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/CALIFORNIA17.pdf |access-date=December 20, 2017 |publisher=Amtrak}}