Valley College station

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Valley College
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Valley College station platform
General information
Location13240 West Burbank Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°10′19″N118°25′20″W / 34.1719°N 118.4223°W / 34.1719; -118.4223
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
Construction
Bicycle facilities Racks and lockers [1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
Passengers
FY 2024388 (avg. wkdy boardings) [2]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Busway Following station
Woodman
toward Chatsworth
G Line Laurel Canyon
Location
Valley College station

Valley College station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. [3] It is named after the adjacent Los Angeles Valley College.

Contents

The station is in the Valley Glen district of the City of Los Angeles, located on Burbank Boulevard and Fulton Avenue, in the eastern San Fernando Valley.

Service

Hours and frequency

G Line buses run 24 hours a day. Buses operate every eight minutes during peak hours on weekdays. They operate every ten minutes during the daytime on weekdays and most of the day on weekends. Night service on all days is every 20 minutes. [4]

Connections

As of January 19,2025, the following connections are available: [5]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

Station artwork

The entrance and floor mural of the station. HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Valley College, Platform 2.jpg
The entrance and floor mural of the station.

The floor mural and fence art in this station is called "Former Location/ Contemporary Portrait" by Laura London. It depicts of several old-fashioned black and white photos that reflects of the rock-and-roll ages and their trends, including some far-scaled portrait albums from the 1960s from The Rolling Stones. The art is also at the setting where Valley College used to exist during the earlier days, now California State University Northridge. The floor mural simply depicts of the black-and-white old age symbolism. [6]

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References

  1. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  3. "Orange Line station information" . Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  4. "G Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  5. "G Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 19, 2025. p. 2. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  6. "Former Location/Contemporary Portrait, 2005". Metro. 15 August 2023.

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