Glendale Transportation Center

Glendale, CA
Glendale Transportation Center Amtrak and Metrolink commuter rail station
The Glendale Transportation Center building
General information
Location	400 West Cerritos Avenue Glendale, CA 91204
Owned by	City of Glendale
Line(s)	Amtrak   Pacific Surfliner Metrolink
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Greyhound, Glendale Beeline, Metro Local, Metro Rapid
Construction
Parking	yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GDL
History
Opened	1923
Rebuilt	1999
Passengers
2017	55,032  5.03% (Amtrak)
Services
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Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Glendale, California, USA
Coordinates	34.123565°N 118.257844°W / 34.123565; -118.257844
Area	Transportation architecture
Architect	Maurice Couchot & Kenneth MacDonald, Jr.
Architectural style	Mission Revival—Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	97000376
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1997

The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California. This station used to be known as Tropico.

Service

It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's bus route from Bakersfield to Los Angeles, Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Montalvo, and Metrolink's Metrolink Antelope Valley Line. Until April 25, 2005, Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle stopped here as well.

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Glendale was the 37th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 100 passengers daily.

Schedule

10 Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 54 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday and 12 Antelope Valley Line trains serve the station on Saturday and Sunday. There is no Metrolink service on the Ventura County Line on weekends.

Greyhound Bus

The station also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines buses, but only when passengers are ticketed to or from here, because there is no longer an office. The future plan for this stop, concerning tickets, is to have passengers go and buy tickets elsewhere or online. There is no longer a Greyhound ticketing kiosk here.

History

Originally known as the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architectural styles 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.

National Registry

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

Platforms and tracks

Northbound	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Luis Obispo (Hollywood Burbank Airport)
	■ Antelope Valley Line	toward Lancaster (Downtown Burbank)
	■ Ventura County Line	toward East Ventura (Downtown Burbank)
Southbound	■ Pacific Surfliner	toward San Diego-Union Station (Los Angeles)
	■ Antelope Valley Line	toward L.A. Union Station (Terminus)
	■ Ventura County Line	toward L.A. Union Station (Terminus)
Bypass track	■ Coast Starlight	No stops|} Transit Connections Metro Local: 94, 180, 181, 183, 603 Metro Rapid: 780, 794 Glendale Beeline: 1, 2 and Express routes 11, 12 References External links Media related to Glendale, California at Wikimedia Commons Amtrak California Station Info Page Glendale – Metrolink Greatamericanstations.com—Great American Stations: Glendale Station (GDL)