Buena Park | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Buena Park station, just before 2007 opening | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 8400 Lakeknoll Drive Buena Park, California | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°52′34″N117°59′18″W / 33.8762°N 117.9884°W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Buena Park | ||||||||||||||
Line | BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision [1] | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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Parking | 302 spaces, 11 accessible spaces [2] | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | September 4, 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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Buena Park station is a train station in Buena Park, California, United States, served by Metrolink commuter rail. It is at the center of a transit-oriented development including townhomes and a housing complex owned by the California State University, Fullerton, near the corner of Dale Street and Malvern Avenue. The station is served by Metrolink's Orange County Line and 91/Perris Valley Line.
The station has a clock tower nearly 70 feet high which echoes a clock tower at nearby Knott's Berry Farm, itself a copy of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. [3] The station includes a 300-car parking lot and a covered pedestrian overpass to allow passengers to cross the tracks.[ citation needed ]
Construction started in January 2006, and after many delays, the station opened on September 4, 2007. Construction cost $14 million. [3]
The proposed alignment for the California High-Speed Rail project would require the loss of the station or the demolition of about 25 condominiums. [4] The City of Buena Park joined other area municipalities to demand greater consultation from the High-Speed Rail Commission. In response, the California High-Speed Rail Authority agreed to study the possibility of a "shared-track alignment" between Los Angeles and Anaheim that would not require the demolition of the present station or condominiums. [5]
Amtrak(s) Pacific Surfliner and Southwest Chief passes through the station but does not stop in Buena Park.
Buena Park is served by Metrolink's Orange County and 91/Perris Valley Lines. Three tracks pass through the station, but only tracks 1 and 3 have platforms for passenger service.
The station's driveway has two "zones" that are used for OCTA services. [6]