Chatsworth station (also known as Chatsworth Transportation Center) is an intermodal passenger transport station in the

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neighborhood of

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, United States. It is served by

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intercity rail service, Metrolink commuter rail service, Los Angeles Metro Busway bus rapid transit, and several transit bus operators. It is also the northern terminus of the

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. The station is also served by Los Angeles Metro Bus and Simi Valley Transit local buses, plus Santa Clarita Transit and LADOT Commuter Express regional express bus routes. The

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(SP) opened its first Chatsworth station in 1893; SP service ended in the 1950s.

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service from 1982 to 1983, and Amtrak service beginning in 1988, used a station located to the southeast. Metrolink service began in 1992 with a station near the former SP station site; Amtrak service soon moved there. A station building was completed in 1996, and bus rapid transit service began in 2012.

History

HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Chatsworth, Platform 1

The

(SP) opened a branch line from

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to Chatsworth in 1893. The SP extended the branch westward in 1904, eventually forming the Coast Line. The 1893-built station was a typical style: a two-story wooden depot with a longer one-story freight house. It was replaced with a similar larger station in 1910, though was left standing. The original depot burned down in 1917; the newer station was demolished in 1962. An

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opened in Chatsworth on the short-lived

line on December 29, 1982, only to close when service ended on March 2, 1983. On June 26, 1988,

extended one ''

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'' round trip to Santa Barbara, with the ex-CalTrain stop at Chatsworth reused as an intermediate stop. The stop was located just east of DeSoto Avenue, southeast of the former SP station site. On October 26, 1992, Metrolink Ventura County Line service began. The Metrolink station – a bare platform with small shelters – was located near the original station site; Amtrak soon moved its operations to the Metrolink station. The Chatsworth Transportation Center, opened in 1996, was designed to echo the appearance of the 1893-built station. The -long structure cost $1.7 million. The station originally had only a single

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on the east (main) track; a second platform on the west (siding) track was later added. On June 30, 2012,

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opened a extension of Orange Line (now the G Line) busway, with Chatsworth as the northern terminus.

Services

Station layout

Connections

, the following connections are available: * Amtrak Thruway: 4 * City of Santa Clarita Transit:

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* LADOT Commuter Express: * Los Angeles Metro Bus: , , , * Simi Valley Transit: C

References

External links

* TrainWeb USA RailGuide
Chatsworth, CA (CWT)
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