Simi Valley station

Simi Valley station is a passenger rail station in the city of Simi Valley, California. It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner (San Luis Obispo-San Diego) and Coast Starlight (Los Angeles Union Station-Seattle), and Metrolink's Ventura County Line (Los Angeles Union Station-East Ventura).

Simi Valley
View of the station platform in 2013
Location5050 Los Angeles Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93063
United States
Coordinates34°16′13″N 118°41′43″W
Owned byCity of Simi Valley
Line(s)SCRRA Ventura Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsSimi Valley Transit
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeAmtrak code: SIM
History
OpenedOctober 18, 1982 (1982-10-18) (CalTrain)
October 26, 1986 (1986-10-26) (Amtrak)
Passengers
201752,064[2]  1.99% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Oxnard
toward Seattle
 Coast Starlight Van Nuys
toward Los Angeles
Moorpark
(limited service)
toward San Luis Obispo
 Pacific Surfliner Chatsworth
toward Los Angeles or San Diego
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Moorpark
toward East Ventura
 Ventura County Line Chatsworth
toward Los Angeles Union Station
Former services
Preceding station CalTrain Following station
Moorpark
towards Oxnard
 Los Angeles–Oxnard Chatsworth
towards Los Angeles Union Station
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Moorpark
toward San Francisco
 Coast Line Chatsworth
toward Los Angeles
Location

The station opened with the inauguration of CalTrain in 1982,[3] though this service was extremely short lived.

Ten Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 16 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. The Coast Starlight operates one train daily in each direction.[4] Service to Simi Valley began on October 26, 1986, when the Coast Starlight began stopping there.[5]

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Simi Valley was the 37th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 111 passengers daily.[6]

Platforms and tracks
Main track ■ Coast Starlight toward Seattle (Oxnard)
■ Coast Starlight toward Los Angeles (Van Nuys)
■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Luis Obispo (Moorpark or Oxnard)
■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Diego-Union Station (Chatsworth)
■ Ventura County Line toward East Ventura (Moorpark)
■ Ventura County Line toward L.A. Union Station (Chatsworth)

References
  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
  2. "2017 California Report" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. "IT'S HERE. The start of the line". The Press-Courier. 25 October 1982. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. "Train Web: Simi Valley".
  5. Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988-93 Fiscal Years. Sacramento, CA: Division of Mass Transportation, Caltrans. 1988. p. 37. OCLC 18113227.
  6. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.


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