Van Nuys station (Los Angeles Metro)

Van Nuys is a station on the bus rapid transit G Line, in the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro Busway system. It is named after adjacent Van Nuys Boulevard, which travels north-south and crosses the east-west busway route and is located in the Van Nuys district of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley.[1] Adjacent to the station is the G Line's bicycle path.

For the train station, see Van Nuys station.
Van Nuys
 
Platform View
Location6060-6062 Van Nuys Blvd, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Coordinates34.1805°N 118.4487°W / 34.1805; -118.4487
Elevationat-grade
Owned byMetro
Line(s) G Line
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Parking776 spaces
Bicycle facilities12 bike rack spaces
8 bike lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
OpenedOctober 29, 2005 (October 29, 2005)
Rebuilt2024 (planned)
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Sepulveda
toward Chatsworth
 G Line Woodman
toward North Hollywood
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Victory
toward Sylmar/San Fernando
 East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
North Sherman Way
towards Canoga Park
 Owensmouth
discontinued 1952		 Whitley
towards Subway Terminal
North Sherman Way
towards San Fernando
 San Fernando
discontinued 1952
Location

The platform features a painting by Roxene Rockwell called The New Town, which shows an example of the wheat and sugar beet fields that marked the area before it was developed.[2]

Service

Station Layout
Eastbound ■ G Line toward Chatsworth (Sepulveda)
Westbound ■ G Line toward North Hollywood (Woodman)

Metro Busway service

G Line service operates 24 hours a day.[3][4]

Bus connections

History
Van Nuys Southern Pacific depot during a flood, 1914

The rail line through the San Fernando Valley was established by the Southern Pacific in 1893. When the Montalvo Cutoff was constructed in 1904, most traffic was diverted over a new mainline which ran diagonally across the valley and the tracks were relegated to branch status.[5] Pacific Electric interurban trains reached Van Nuys by December 1911,[6] crossing the Southern Pacific tracks at Van Nuys Boulevard.[7]

The Orange Line (now the G Line) began operations over the former Burbank branch with new facilities to serve rapid buses on October 29, 2005.

Future development

As part of the Orange Line Service Improvements Project, which aims to increase bus speeds and capacity through the corridor, the station is planned to be rebuilt on a grade-separated bridge to decrease interference from traffic.[8]

Van Nuys station will serve as the southern terminus of the East San Fernando Light Rail Project light rail line in 2028.[9] In June 2018, Metro staff recommended light rail as the preferred transport mode along this route. This route will connect to Amtrak and Metrolink's Van Nuys train station and Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink station to the north. Additionally, the Sepulveda Pass Transit Corridor service may connect to the station.

References
  1. "Orange Line station information". Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  2. "Van Nuys, The New Town by Roxene Rockwell".
  3. "Metro G Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  4. "Orange Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  5. Curtiss, Aaron (7 April 1996). "Tracks to the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. Van Nuys (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1924. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. Metro Orange Line Grade Separation Analysis and Operational Improvements Technical Study Task 10.0 Executive Summary FINAL version 5.0 (PDF). Metro (Report). Iteris, STV, TransLink, and WSP. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  9. "Public comment begins on L.A. Metro's FEIS/R for LRT project between Van Nuys and San Fernando". Mass Transit. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)


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