Glendale Transportation Center

Glendale Transportation Center
Amtrak and Metrolink commuter rail station
The Glendale Transportation Center building
Location	400 West Cerritos Avenue Glendale, CA 91204
Owned by	City of Glendale
Line(s)	Amtrak   Pacific Surfliner Metrolink   Antelope Valley Line   Ventura County Line
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Greyhound, Glendale Beeline, Metro Local, Metro Rapid
Construction
Parking	yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GDL
History
Opened	1923
Rebuilt	1999
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	51,009[1]  4.7% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Burbank–Bob Hope Airport toward Goleta or San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Los Angeles toward Los Angeles or San Diego (Union Station) Downtown Burbank toward Lancaster Antelope Valley Line Los Angeles Union Station Terminus Downtown Burbank toward East Ventura Ventura County Line
Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Glendale, California, USA
Coordinates	34°07′25″N 118°15′28″W / 34.123565°N 118.257844°WCoordinates: 34°07′25″N 118°15′28″W / 34.123565°N 118.257844°W
Area	Transportation architecture
Architect	Maurice Couchot & Kenneth MacDonald, Jr.
Architectural style	Mission Revival—Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	97000376
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1997

The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California. This station used to be known as Tropico.

Service

It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's bus route from Bakersfield to Los Angeles, Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Montalvo, and Metrolink's Metrolink Antelope Valley Line.

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Glendale was the 37th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 100 passengers daily.^[2]

Schedule

10 Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 54 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday and 12 Antelope Valley Line trains serve the station on Saturday and Sunday. There is no Metrolink service on the Ventura County Line on weekends.

Greyhound Bus

The station also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines buses, but only when passengers are ticketed to or from here, because there is no longer an office. The future plan for this stop, concerning tickets, is to have passengers go and buy tickets elsewhere or online. There is no longer a Greyhound ticketing kiosk here.^[3]

History

Originally known as the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architectural styles in 1923. It had replaced the Atwater Tract Office dating from 1883. The city bought the depot from Southern Pacific in 1989 and acquired adjacent properties to create an intermodal center.^[4] Restoration of the historic building and the construction of other elements of the intermodal center cost approximately $6 million.^[5]

National Registry

In May 1997, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has recently undergone an extensive renovation.

Platforms and tracks

Northbound	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Luis Obispo (Burbank–Bob Hope Airport)
	■ Antelope Valley Line	toward Lancaster (Downtown Burbank)
	■ Ventura County Line	toward East Ventura (Downtown Burbank)
Southbound	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Diego-Union Station (Los Angeles)
	■ Antelope Valley Line	toward L.A. Union Station (Terminus)
	■ Ventura County Line	toward L.A. Union Station (Terminus)
Bypass track	■ Coast Starlight	No stops

Transit Connections

• Metro Local: 94, 180, 181, 183, 603
• Metro Rapid: 780, 794
• Glendale Beeline: 1, 2 and Express routes 11, 12

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-06. External link in |publisher= (help)
3. http://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/community-development/urban-design-mobility/other-transportation-services/train-regional-bus-services
4. Willman, Martha L. (December 12, 1991) "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." Los Angeles Times
5. Great American Stations. Accessed February 7, 2013.

External links

• Media related to Glendale, California at Wikimedia Commons
• Amtrak California Station Info Page

• Metrolink – Glendale
• Greatamericanstations.com—Great American Stations: Glendale Station (GDL)