Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County,California,United States. At the 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543,up from 191,719 at the 2010 census,making it the fourth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 24th-largest city in California. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown Los Angeles.
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County,California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. OCTA is responsible for funding and implementing transit and capital projects for the transportation system for the travel needs,including freeway improvements,express lane management,bus and rail transit operation,and commuter rail oversight.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA),branded as Metro,is the state agency that plans,operates,and coordinates funding for most of the public transportation system in Los Angeles County,California,the most populated county in the United States. The agency directly operates a large transit system that includes bus,light rail,heavy rail (subway),and bus rapid transit services;and provides funding for transit it does not operate,including Metrolink commuter rail,municipal bus operators and paratransit services. Metro also provides funding and directs planning for railroad and highway projects within Los Angeles County. In 2022,the system had a total ridership of 255,250,500 and had a ridership of 820,300 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2022. It is the single largest transit agency within the county as well.
Metrolink is a commuter rail system in Southern California,serving Los Angeles,Orange,Riverside,San Bernardino,and Ventura counties,as well as to Oceanside in San Diego County. The system consists of 8 lines and 67 stations operating on 543 miles (874 km) of track. Arrow is operated under a contract with the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority.
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railroad station in Los Angeles,California,and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal,replacing La Grande Station and Central Station.
The Metrolink Ventura County Line is a commuter rail line serving Ventura County and the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles,in the Southern California system. The line is the successor of the short lived CalTrain commuter rail line.
The Antelope Valley Line is a commuter rail line that serves the Northern Los Angeles County area as part of the Metrolink system. The northern segment of the line is rural in character because it travels through the sparsely populated Soledad Canyon between Santa Clarita and Palmdale,serving the small community of Acton along the way. Other portions of its route parallel the former US Route 6,now San Fernando Road and Sierra Highway and this line is the only Metrolink line to be entirely in Los Angeles County.
Burbank Airport–South station,referred to as Hollywood Burbank Airport station by Amtrak and formerly known as Bob Hope Airport station,is an unstaffed Amtrak and Metrolink train station at Hollywood Burbank Airport in the city of Burbank,California. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego,Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle,Washington,and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura stop here.
Michael Dennis Antonovich is an American politician who was Mayor of Los Angeles County and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He represented the Fifth District,which covers northern Los Angeles County,including the Antelope Valley,Santa Clarita,Pasadena,and parts of the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
Larry Zarian was an Armenian-American businessman,real estate investor,and a politician from California. Zarian is the first Armenian-American to serve on the city council in the City of Glendale,California. Zarian served four terms as mayor of Glendale,California.
Chatsworth station is an intermodal passenger transport station in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Chatsworth,California,United States. It is served by Amtrak intercity rail service,Metrolink commuter rail service,Los Angeles Metro Busway bus rapid transit,and several transit bus operators.
Simi Valley station is a passenger rail station in the city of Simi Valley,California. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura stop here.
Van Nuys station is an Amtrak and Metrolink train station in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles,California. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego,Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle,Washington,and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura stop here.
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. Amtrak's Coast Starlight also uses these tracks,but does not stop here.
Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs is a Metrolink rail station in the city of Norwalk,California. It is served by Metrolink's 91 Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Riverside and Metrolink's Orange County Line running from Los Angeles Union Station to Oceanside. On weekdays,this station is served by 19 Orange County Line trains and nine 91 Line trains. On weekends,eight Orange County Line trains and four 91 Line trains serve this station.
Richard Katz is an American former politician. A member of the Democratic Party,Katz served in the California State Assembly for the 39th district from 1980 until 1996. Katz was Minority Leader of the Assembly between 1995 and 1996 being the most recent Democrat to hold the office,as Democrats have held a majority since 1996.
John Fasana is a former mayor of Duarte,California,and former member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors (1993-2020).
Glendale Beeline is the municipal bus service operated by the city of Glendale,California,United States. It provides service in Glendale,as well as parts of the nearby locations La Crescenta-Montrose and La Cañada Flintridge. The service complements the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro Local routes along with Metro Express route 501,which connect Glendale to other parts of Los Angeles County.
The 2015 Oxnard train derailment occurred on February 24,2015,at 5:44 a.m. local time when a Metrolink passenger train collided with a truck that a driver had mistakenly turned from Rice Avenue onto the tracks and became stuck. After impact,the train derailed at Oxnard,California,United States. As a result of the crash,the train engineer died from his injuries a week later and 32 passengers and crew members were injured. The truck driver exited his vehicle and ran from the scene prior to the crash;he sustained minor injuries that were unrelated to the crash sequence.
