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Location | 8775 Wilbur Avenue Northridge, California United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°13′46″N 118°32′41″W / 34.22944°N 118.54472°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Los Angeles Department of Transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | SCRRA Ventura Subdivision[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | LADOT DASH: Northridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 270 spaces, 8 accessible spaces[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 14 racks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: NRG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | February 14, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | July 10, 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY 2023 | 12,610[3] (Amtrak only) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Northridge station is a Metrolink passenger train station in the community of Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. Metrolink's Ventura County Line trains from Union Station to Ventura–East stop here.
Northridge station is served by 20 Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (ten in each direction) each weekday, running primarily at 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 four Pacific Surfliner trains (two in each direction) each day through a codesharing arrangement with Amtrak.[4]
The station has 290 parking spaces, 8 handicapped spaces, and 2 parking spaces which have electric vehicle charging stations.
A temporary platform opened at the station on February 14, 1994, as part of the emergency expansion of service on the Ventura County Line in response to the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The permanent station opened on July 10, 2000.[5]
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has plans to relocate the station to Reseda Boulevard to improve its local connectivity.[6]