Glendale Transportation Center

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 intercity rail route and the Metrolink Ventura County Line and Antelope Valley Line commuter rail routes.

Glendale, CA
The Glendale Transportation Center building
General information
Other names	Larry Zarian Transportation Center
Location	400 West Cerritos Avenue Glendale, California United States
Coordinates	34°07′25″N 118°15′28″W / 34.123565°N 118.257844°W / 34.123565; -118.257844
Owned by	City of Glendale
Line(s)	SCRRA Valley Subdivision^[1]
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Amtrak Thruway: 1 Glendale Beeline: 1, 4, 8, 11, 12 Greyhound Lines Los Angeles Metro Bus: 92, 94, 180, 603
Construction
Parking	426 spaces, 17 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks, lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed, platform with shelters
Station code	Amtrak: GDL
History
Opened	1923
Rebuilt	1999
Original company	Southern Pacific
Passengers
FY 2022	31,521^[2] (Amtrak only)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Hollywood Burbank Airport toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Los Angeles toward San Diego Downtown Burbank (limited service) toward San Luis Obispo      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 toward Ventura–East 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 toward San Francisco Coast Line River toward Los Angeles Burbank toward San Jose Los Angeles – San Jose Los Angeles Terminus Oxnard toward San Francisco Coast Daylight Saugus toward Oakland Pier San Joaquin Daylight Saugus toward Sacramento Sacramento Daylight Ventura toward San Francisco Lark Preceding station CalTrain Following station Burbank Airport towards Oxnard Los Angeles–Oxnard Los Angeles Terminus
Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architect	Maurice Couchot & Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr.
Architectural style	California Churrigueresque (Spanish Colonial Revival)
NRHP reference No.	97000376
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1997
Location

Glendale Transportation Center is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) every day, with departures evenly spaced throughout the day.^[3] 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.^[4]

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

History

 

Southern Pacific Railroad Lark at Glendale in 1965

 

The dedication plaque found on the front of the building

Originally known as the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the California Churrigueresque style of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in 1923. It had replaced the Atwater Tract Office dating from 1883. A scene from Buster Keaton's College was filmed at the station in 1927.^[5]

The city bought the depot from Southern Pacific in 1989 and acquired adjacent properties to create an intermodal center.^[6] Restoration of the historic building and the construction of other elements of the intermodal center cost approximately $6 million.^[7]

In May 1997, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has recently^[when?] undergone an extensive renovation.^{[citation needed]}

Until April 25, 2005, the station was also served by Amtrak's Coast Starlight route.^[8]

In November 2011, the station was dedicated to former Glendale mayor Larry Zarian.^[9]

Connections

As of June 26, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:^[10][11]

• Amtrak Thruway: 1
• Glendale Beeline: 1, 4, 8, 11, 12
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 92, 94, 180, 603

The station also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines buses, but there is no Greyhound ticketing kiosk or agent.^[12]

Future streetcar service

A feasibility study for a streetcar connecting with downtown is underway.^[13]

See also

• Glendale Register of Historic Resources and Historic Districts

References

1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
3. "Pacific Surfliner Timetable" (PDF). Pacific Surfliner. October 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
4. "Metrolink Timetable" (PDF). Metrolink. October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
5. Bengtson, John; Brownlow, Kevin (2000). Silent echoes: discovering early Hollywood through the films of Buster Keaton. Santa Monica, Calif: Santa Monica Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-891661-06-8.
6. Willman, Martha L. (December 12, 1991). . Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
7. "Glendale, CA (GDL)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
8. "Amtrak System Timetable". The Museum of Railway Timetables. Amtrak. November 1, 2004. p. 95. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
9. "Public Transportation | City of Glendale, CA". www.glendaleca.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
10. "Beeline System Map" (Map). City of Glendale. November 15, 2020.
11. "San Fernando Valley" (PDF) (Map). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 26, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
12. "Train & Regional Bus Services | City of Glendale, CA". www.glendaleca.gov. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
13. Seidman, Lila (August 9, 2019). "Proposed Glendale streetcar rolls into focus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2019.

External links

  Media related to Glendale Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons

• Glendale, CA – Amtrak
• Glendale, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Glendale at the Metrolink website