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Glendale, CA
The Glendale Transportation Center building, 2007
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
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 and 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 2023	40,094 (Amtrak only)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Hollywood Burbank Airporttoward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Los Angelestoward San Diego Downtown Burbank(limited service)toward San Luis Obispo      Coast Starlight does not stop here Preceding station Metrolink Following station Downtown Burbanktoward Lancaster Antelope Valley Line L.A. Union StationTerminus Downtown Burbanktoward Ventura–East Ventura County Line
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Hollywood Burbank Airporttoward Seattle Coast Starlight1971–2005 Los AngelesTerminus Oxnardtoward Sacramento Spirit of California1981–1983 Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Burbanktoward San Francisco Coast Line Rivertoward Los Angeles Burbanktoward San Jose Los Angeles – San Jose Los AngelesTerminus Oxnardtoward San Francisco Coast Daylight Saugustoward Oakland Pier San Joaquin Daylight Saugustoward Sacramento Sacramento Daylight Venturatoward San Francisco Lark Preceding station CalTrain Following station Burbank Airporttowards Oxnard Los Angeles–Oxnard Los AngelesTerminus
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

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. 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.

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

History

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.

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.

In November 2011, the station was dedicated to former Glendale mayor Larry Zarian.

Connections

As of June 26, 2022, the following connections are available:

• 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.

Future streetcar service

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

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. p. 17.
2. ^ "Glendale Train Station". Metrolink. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
4. "Pacific Surfliner Timetable" (PDF). Pacific Surfliner. October 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
5. "Metrolink Timetable" (PDF). Metrolink. October 23, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
6. 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.
7. Willman, Martha L. (December 12, 1991). "Council Eyes Scaled-Down Transit Center : Transportation: Officials lean toward cutting the cost of railroad depot project by $1 million. The new proposal would reduce parking space for cars and buses". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
8. "Glendale, CA (GDL)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
9. "Amtrak System Timetable". The Museum of Railway Timetables. Amtrak. November 1, 2004. p. 95. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
10. "Public Transportation | City of Glendale, CA". www.glendaleca.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
11. "Beeline System Map" (Map). City of Glendale. November 15, 2020.
12. "San Fernando Valley" (PDF) (Map). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 26, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
13. "Train & Regional Bus Services | City of Glendale, CA". www.glendaleca.gov. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
14. 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 – Metrolink

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