Glendale Transportation Center

{{Infobox station

| style = Amtrak

| name = Glendale, CA

| other_name = Larry Zarian Transportation Center

| image = GlendaleStationStreetside.jpg

| image_caption = The Glendale Transportation Center building, 2007

| address = 400 West Cerritos Avenue

| borough = Glendale, California

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|34.123565|-118.257844|region:US-CA_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| owned = City of Glendale

| line = SCRRA Valley Subdivision{{CA rail schematics|page=17}}

| platform = 1 side platform, 1 island platform

| tracks = 3

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| {{bus icon}} Amtrak Thruway: 1

| {{bus icon}} Glendale Beeline: 1, 4, 8, 11, 12

| {{bus icon}} Greyhound Lines

| {{bus icon}} Los Angeles Metro Bus: {{LA Metro route|92}}, {{LA Metro route|94}}, {{LA Metro route|180}}, {{LA Metro route|603}}

}}

| parking = 426 spaces, 17 accessible spaces{{Cite web |title=Glendale Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/glendale |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Metrolink |language=en}}

| bicycle = Racks and lockers

| accessible = Yes

| status = Unstaffed, platform with shelters

| code = {{Amtrak code|GDL}}

| opened = 1923

| rebuilt = 1999

| original = Southern Pacific

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

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Pacific Surfliner|left1=Hollywood Burbank Airport|right1=Los Angeles

|line2=Pacific Surfliner|left2=Downtown Burbank|right2=Los Angeles|note-left2=(limited service)

|line3=Coast Starlight|nonstop3=y

|system4=Metrolink (California)

|line4=Antelope Valley|left4=Downtown Burbank|right4=L.A. Union Station

|line5=Ventura County|left5=Downtown Burbank|right5=L.A. Union Station

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Amtrak

|system3=Southern Pacific Railroad

|line3=Coast Line|left3=Burbank|right3=River

|line4=Los Angeles-San Jose|left4=Burbank|right4=Los Angeles

|line5=Coast Daylight|left5=Oxnard|to-left5=San Francisco|right5=Los Angeles

|line6=San Joaquin|left6=Saugus|right6=Los Angeles

|line7=Sacramento Daylight|left7=Saugus|to-left7=Sacramento|right7=Los Angeles

|line8=Lark|left8=Ventura|right8=Los Angeles

|system9=CalTrain

|line9=Los Angeles–Oxnard|left9=Burbank Airport|right9=Los Angeles

}}

| nrhp = {{Infobox NRHP

| embed = yes

| name = Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot

| architect = Maurice Couchot & Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr.

| architecture = California Churrigueresque
{{small|(Spanish Colonial Revival)}}

| added = May 2, 1997

| refnum = 97000376

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

The Glendale Transportation Center (officially the Larry Zarian Transportation Center) is an Amtrak and Metrolink train station in the city of Glendale, California. It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner inter-city rail route and the Metrolink Ventura County Line and Antelope Valley Line commuter rail routes.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight passes through the station, but does not stop.

History

File:Southern Pacific The Lark 1965.JPG at Glendale in 1965]]

File:Larry Zarian Transportation Center dedication plaque.jpg

Originally known as the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the California Churrigueresque style of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in 1923. It had replaced the Atwater Tract Office dating from 1883. A scene from Buster Keaton's College was filmed at the station in 1927.{{Cite book |last=Bengtson |first=John |title=Silent echoes: discovering early Hollywood through the films of Buster Keaton |last2=Brownlow |first2=Kevin |date=2000 |publisher=Santa Monica Press |isbn=978-1-891661-06-8 |location=Santa Monica, Calif |pages=200}}

The city bought the depot from Southern Pacific in 1989 and acquired adjacent properties to create an intermodal center.{{cite news |last=Willman |first=Martha L. |date=December 12, 1991 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-12-gl-566-story.html |title=Council Eyes Scaled-Down Transit Center : Transportation: Officials lean toward cutting the cost of railroad depot project by $1 million. The new proposal would reduce parking space for cars and buses |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2014-12-04 |archive-date=2014-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222102929/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-12/news/gl-566_1_railroad-depot |url-status=live }} Restoration of the historic building and the construction of other elements of the intermodal center cost approximately $6 million.{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/GDL/Station_view |website=Great American Stations |access-date=February 7, 2013 |publisher=Amtrak |title=Glendale, CA (GDL)}}

In May 1997, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has recently{{when|date=September 2021}} undergone an extensive renovation.{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}

Until April 25, 2005, the station was also served by Amtrak's Coast Starlight route.{{cite web |title=Amtrak System Timetable |url=http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=20041101&item=0098 |website=The Museum of Railway Timetables |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=9 February 2021 |page=95 |date=November 1, 2004}}

In November 2011, the station was dedicated to former Glendale mayor Larry Zarian.{{Cite web |title=Public Transportation {{!}} City of Glendale, CA |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/public-works/public-transportation |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.glendaleca.gov |language=en}}

Connections

{{As of|2022|06|26|df=US}}, the following connections are available:{{Cite map |date=November 15, 2020 |title=Beeline System Map |url=https://www.glendaletransit.com/home/showpublisheddocument/22362/637407650413330000 |website=City of Glendale}}{{Cite map |date=June 26, 2022 |title=San Fernando Valley |url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/7c56jlvu8mfx8rr/22-2105_web_MSysMap4_SanFernValley_35x17_DCR.pdf?dl=0 |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=en}}

Amtrak Thruway: 1
Glendale Beeline: 1, 4, 8, 11, 12
Los Angeles Metro Bus: {{LA Metro route|92}}, {{LA Metro route|94}}, {{LA Metro route|180}}, {{LA Metro route|603}}

The station also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines buses, but there is no Greyhound ticketing kiosk or agent.{{Cite web|title=Train & Regional Bus Services {{!}} City of Glendale, CA|url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/community-development/urban-design-mobility/other-transportation-services/train-regional-bus-services|access-date=2020-11-23|website=www.glendaleca.gov|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019111648/https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/community-development/urban-design-mobility/other-transportation-services/train-regional-bus-services|url-status=dead}}

Future streetcar service

A feasibility study for a streetcar connecting with downtown is underway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-08/glendale-streetcar-feasibility-study|title=Proposed Glendale streetcar rolls into focus|last=Seidman|first=Lila|date=2019-08-09|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09}}