Chatsworth station

Chatsworth
Amtrak/Metrolink train platforms
Location	10046 Old Depot Plaza Road Chatsworth, California 91311 United States
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Los Angeles
Line(s)	Metro Rail
Platforms	2 side (Amtrak/Metrolink) 1 side platform (Metro Liner)
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	610 spaces
Bicycle facilities	16 rack spaces 16 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: CWT
History
Opened	1992
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	56,493  7.5% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Simi Valley toward Goleta or San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Van Nuys toward Los Angeles or San Diego (Union Station) Simi Valley toward East Ventura Ventura County Line Northridge toward Los Angeles Union Station Metro Liner Terminus Orange Line Nordhoff toward North Hollywood or Warner Center
Location
Chatsworth Location within the Los Angeles metropolitan area

The Chatsworth station, sometimes referred to as the Chatsworth Transportation Center, is an Intermodal passenger transport station in the Los Angeles community of Chatsworth, California, USA. It is a train station for Amtrak and Metrolink. It is served by both Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura. 10 Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 20 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. It is a bus rapid transit station for the Metro Orange Line. The Metro Orange Line Chatsworth Extension terminates at this station. The extension began service on June 30, 2012.

The station includes a passenger waiting area and a small railroad museum. There is no Amtrak ticket office.

The current station building was constructed in 1996. A station platform has existed since 1992. The site originally had Southern Pacific railroad stations. The last had been demolished by Southern Pacific in 1962.

Also in the station building is the field office for Los Angeles City Council member Mitchell Englander.

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Chatsworth was the 32nd-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 140 passengers daily.

Platforms and tracks

Amtrak/Metrolink

Northbound	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Luis Obispo (Simi Valley)
	■ Ventura County Line	toward East Ventura (Simi Valley)
	■ Coast Starlight	No stops
Southbound	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Diego-Union Station (Van Nuys)
	■ Ventura County Line	toward L.A. Union Station (Northridge)
	■ Coast Starlight	No stops

Metro Liner

■ Orange Line

toward North Hollywood or Warner Center (Nordhoff)

2008 Chatsworth train collision

On September 12, 2008, a westbound Metrolink Ventura County Line train was involved in the 2008 Chatsworth train collision after it had departed this station. It collided head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth.

2012 Orange Line Chatsworth extension

The Orange Line platform with floor mural and wallpaperl

The 4 mile (6.4 km) Orange Line extension runs from Canoga Station north to the Chatsworth Metrolink Station, for the Los Angeles County Metro Liner system. The northwestern Orange Line terminus and transfer connections is at the station. There's currently a shuttle operating between Warner Center station and Chatsworth Metro Orange Line Station during weekday peaks.

Transit connections

• Metro Local: 158, 166, 167, 244, 245, 364
• City of Santa Clarita Transit: 791
• LADOT Commuter Express: 419
• Simi Valley Transit: C

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak California Station Info Page
• Metrolink – Chatsworth
• Chatsworth Station Photos
• LA Metro Orange Line — Chatsworth Extension - project website
• Revitalizing America's Train Stations - Chatsworth (Amtrak)
• Chatsworth Park Railroad Station, 1893, CSUN Oviatt Library Digital Archives
• Chatsworth (2nd) Depot 1950's, CSUN Oviatt Library Digital Archives
• Chatsworth(CWT)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)