Sherman Way station is a station on the
G Line of the
Los Angeles Metro Busway
The Los Angeles Metro Busway (previously known as Metro Liner and Metro Transitway) is a system of bus rapid transit (BRT) routes that operate primarily along exclusive or semi-exclusive roadways known locally as a busway or transitway. There a ...
system located at
Sherman Way
Sherman Way, nicknamed "The Way", is a major east–west arterial road that runs for across the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and Burbank, California, Burbank, California.
Name
Sherman Way was named after Moses Sherman, a major developer ...
in downtown
Canoga Park
Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Before the Mexican–American War, the district was part of a rancho, and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and ...
— a community of Los Angeles in the western
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County, California. Situated to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it comprises a large portion of Los Angeles, the Municipal corpo ...
. The station is in service on the Metro G Line Chatsworth Extension. It opened in June 2012.
Sherman Way station is located on the intersection of Canoga Avenue and
Sherman Way
Sherman Way, nicknamed "The Way", is a major east–west arterial road that runs for across the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and Burbank, California, Burbank, California.
Name
Sherman Way was named after Moses Sherman, a major developer ...
. The station features similar station amenities as the existing Orange Line stations. Station art is added to the station.
It has a parking lot with 207 spaces along with bicycle lockers.
History
Southern Pacific built their Canoga Park station along the Burbank branch in 1912. The station building was on the north side of
Sherman Way
Sherman Way, nicknamed "The Way", is a major east–west arterial road that runs for across the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and Burbank, California, Burbank, California.
Name
Sherman Way was named after Moses Sherman, a major developer ...
. The same year, the
Pacific Electric
The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned Public transport, mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electr ...
Owensmouth Line
The Owensmouth Line was a Pacific Electric interurban service that connected the San Fernando Valley to Downtown Los Angeles. The route was largely developed as the result of real estate speculation.
History
The Pacific Electric streetcar servi ...
was completed to Owensmouth,
crossing the tracks at
Sherman Way
Sherman Way, nicknamed "The Way", is a major east–west arterial road that runs for across the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and Burbank, California, Burbank, California.
Name
Sherman Way was named after Moses Sherman, a major developer ...
. Southern Pacific ceased passenger service on the line in 1920, and Pacific Electric stopped running cars here after 1938.
The old station building was designated a
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles, California, Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural criteria.
History
The Historic-Cul ...
in May 1990, three years before the structure was destroyed in a fire.
The Orange Line was constructed over the former Burbank branch, with
bus rapid transit service starting at the newly built station on June 30, 2012.
Sherman Way
Sherman Way, nicknamed "The Way", is a major east–west arterial road that runs for across the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and Burbank, California, Burbank, California.
Name
Sherman Way was named after Moses Sherman, a major developer ...
is named after General
Moses Sherman, due to his land development and rail lines he built in the valley.
Service
Hours and frequency
Connections
, the following connections are available:
*
Los Angeles Metro Bus
The Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). Metro Bus operates in the Los Angeles Basin, the San Fernando Valley, and th ...
:
Nearby destinations
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
*
Downtown Canoga Park shops, antiques row
* Madrid Theater
References
External links
{{Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway stations navbox
Los Angeles Metro Busway stations
Canoga Park, Los Angeles
G Line (Los Angeles Metro)
Public transportation in the San Fernando Valley
Public transportation in Los Angeles
Bus stations in Los Angeles
2012 establishments in California