Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Home to Van Nuys Airport and the Valley Municipal Building, it is the most populous neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.
The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s. Organized around the city centers of Los Angeles and San Bernardino, it connected cities in Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County and Riverside County.
The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California. Situated to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it contains a large portion of the city of Los Angeles, as well as several unincorporated areas; and the incorporated cities of Burbank, Calabasas, Glendale, Hidden Hills, and San Fernando. The valley is well known for its film studios such as Warner Bros. Studios and Walt Disney Studios. In addition, it is home to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
Van Nuys station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles 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. Adjacent to the station is the G Line Bikeway.
Van Nuys station is an Amtrak and Metrolink train station in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, close to the nighborhood of Panorama City. 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.
Van Nuys Boulevard is a major north-south arterial road that runs through the central San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California. The boulevard was notable for its cruising lifestyle that was prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s, which was depicted in the 1979 film Van Nuys Blvd.
The San Fernando Line was a part of the Pacific Electric Railway system in Los Angeles County, California. It was designed to increase the reach of public transportation from the Downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood into the San Fernando Valley, to support land speculation and development expanding Los Angeles.
The Owensmouth Line was a Pacific Electric interurban service that connected the San Fernando Valley to Downtown Los Angeles. The route was largely developed as the result of real estate speculation.
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project is a two-phased planned transit corridor project that aims to connect the Los Angeles Basin to the San Fernando Valley through Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles, California, by supplementing the existing I-405 freeway through the pass. The corridor would partly parallel I-405, and proposed alternatives include heavy rail rapid transit or a monorail line connecting the G Line in the Valley to the D Line and E Line on the Westside, and the K Line near Los Angeles International Airport.
Streetcars in Los Angeles over history have included horse-drawn streetcars and cable cars, and later extensive electric streetcar networks of the Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric Railway and their predecessors. Also included are modern light rail lines.
Owensmouth was a town founded in 1912 in the western part of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California. Owensmouth joined the city of Los Angeles in 1917, and was renamed Canoga Park on March 1, 1931. Owensmouth was named for the 1913 Owens River aqueduct's terminus in current Canoga Park.
The East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project, formerly the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project, is a transit project which is proposing the construction of a light rail line on the east side of Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, running on a north/south route along Van Nuys Boulevard and San Fernando Road.
Victory is a planned light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is part of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project and planned to open in 2031. It is located on Van Nuys Boulevard at the intersection with Victory Boulevard in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. The station is a split design, with the northbound platform on the north side of the intersection and the southbound platform the opposite.
Vanowen is a planned light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is part of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project and planned to open in 2031. It is located on Van Nuys Boulevard at the intersection with Vanowen Street in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. The station is a split design, with the northbound platform on the north side of the intersection and the southbound platform the opposite.
Arleta is a planned light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is part of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project and planned to open in 2031. It is located on Van Nuys Boulevard at the intersection with Arleta Boulevard in the Arleta neighborhood of Los Angeles. The station features a single island platform in the median strip on the southwest leg of the crossroads.
Van Nuys/San Fernando is a planned light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is part of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project. It is located near the corners of Van Nuys Boulevard and El Dorado Way, near San Fernando Road in Pacoima. The station is expected to open in 2031 as the interim northern terminus of the line until service is extended to Sylmar/San Fernando station.
Laurel Canyon is a planned light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is part of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project and planned to open in 2031. It is located in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacoima and features an island platform on the north side of on Van Nuys Boulevard at the intersection with Laurel Canyon Boulevard.
Roscoe is a planned light rail and bus rapid transit station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is part of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project and is planned to open in 2031. It is located on Van Nuys Boulevard at the intersection with Roscoe Boulevard in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Woodman is a planned light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is part of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project and planned to open in 2031. It is located on Van Nuys Boulevard at the intersection with Woodman Boulevard in the Arleta neighborhood of Los Angeles. The station features a single island platform in the median strip on the northeast leg of the crossroads.
Nordhoff is a planned light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is part of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project and planned to open in 2031. It is located on Van Nuys Boulevard at the intersection with Nordhoff Street in the Panorama neighborhood of Los Angeles. The station features a single island platform in the median strip on the north leg of Van Nuys.
