Glendale Transportation Center facts for kids

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The Glendale Transportation Center building
Other names	Glendale Transportation Center
Location	400 West Cerritos Avenue Glendale, California
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
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
Original company	Southern Pacific
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	55,032  5.03% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Hollywood Burbank Airport toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Los Angeles toward Los Angeles or San Diego      Coast Starlight does not stop here Preceding station Metrolink Following station Downtown Burbank toward Lancaster Antelope Valley Line Los Angeles Union Station Terminus Downtown Burbank toward East Ventura Ventura County Line
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Simi Valley toward Seattle Coast Starlight Los Angeles Terminus Preceding station CalTrain Following station Burbank Airport towards Oxnard Los Angeles–Oxnard Los Angeles Union Station Terminus Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Van Nuys toward San Francisco Coast Line River toward Los Angeles Los Angeles Terminus Sunset Route Alhambra toward New Orleans
Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The depot's National Register of Historic Places plaque
Location	Glendale, California, USA
Architect	Maurice Couchot & Kenneth MacDonald, Jr.
Architectural style	California Churrigueresque (Spanish Colonial Revival)
NRHP reference No.	97000376
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1997

Glendale Transportation Center is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail 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 Metrolink Antelope Valley Line commuter rail routes.

History

Southern Pacific Railroad Lark at Glendale in 1965

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

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

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

Transit connections

• Metro Local: 94, 180, 181, 183*, 603
• Metro Rapid: 780, 794
• Glendale Beeline: 1, 4, 8, 11, 12

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

• * All beeline routes and metro 183 stop inside the station. All other routes stop outside of the station

Future service

A feasibility study for a streetcar connecting with downtown is underway.