Glendale Transportation Center

Glendale, CA
The Glendale Transportation Center building, 2007
General information
Other namesLarry Zarian Transportation Center
Location400 West Cerritos Avenue
Glendale, California
United States
Coordinates34°07′25″N 118°15′28″W / 34.123565°N 118.257844°W / 34.123565; -118.257844
Owned byCity of Glendale
Line(s)SCRRA Valley Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks3
Connections
Construction
Parking426 spaces, 17 accessible spaces[2]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed, platform with shelters
Station codeAmtrak: GDL
History
Opened1923
Rebuilt1999
Original companySouthern Pacific
Passengers
FY 202340,094[3] (Amtrak only)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Hollywood Burbank Airport Pacific Surfliner Los Angeles
toward San Diego
Downtown Burbank
(limited service)
     Coast Starlight does not stop here
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Downtown Burbank
toward Lancaster
Antelope Valley Line L.A. Union Station
Terminus
Downtown Burbank Ventura County Line
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Hollywood Burbank Airport
toward Seattle
Coast Starlight
1971–2005
Los Angeles
Terminus
Oxnard
toward Sacramento
Spirit of California
1981–1983
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Burbank Coast Line River
Burbank
toward San Jose
Los Angeles – San Jose Los Angeles
Terminus
Oxnard Coast Daylight
Saugus San Joaquin Daylight
Saugus
toward Sacramento
Sacramento Daylight
Ventura Lark
Preceding station CalTrain Following station
Burbank Airport
towards Oxnard
Los Angeles–Oxnard Los Angeles
Terminus
Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
ArchitectMaurice Couchot & Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr.
Architectural styleCalifornia Churrigueresque
(Spanish Colonial Revival)
NRHP reference No.97000376
Added to NRHPMay 2, 1997
Location
Map

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.

Glendale Transportation Center is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) every day, with departures evenly spaced throughout the day.[4] Twenty Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (ten in each direction) serve the station each weekday, running during peak hours in the peak direction of travel. On weekends, four Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (two in each direction) serve the station. Metrolink passengers also have access to all Pacific Surfliner trains through a codesharing arrangement with Amtrak.[5]

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

  1. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "Pacific Surfliner Timetable" (PDF). Pacific Surfliner. October 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.