Van Nuys station (Los Angeles Metro)

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Van Nuys
LACMTA Square G Line.svg  
Van Nuys G Line 2024.jpg
Van Nuys G Line station, October 2024
General information
Location6060 & 6062 Van Nuys Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°10′50″N118°26′55″W / 34.1805°N 118.4487°W / 34.1805; -118.4487
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
Construction
Parking307 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities Racks and lockers [2]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
Passengers
FY 20241,471 (avg. wkdy boardings) [3]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Busway Following station
Sepulveda
toward Chatsworth
G Line Woodman
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Encino
toward Chatsworth
Burbank Branch Koster
toward Burbank
Preceding station PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric Following station
North Sherman Way
towards Canoga Park
Owensmouth Whitley
North Sherman Way
towards San Fernando
San Fernando
Location
Van Nuys station (Los Angeles Metro)

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. [4] Adjacent to the station is the G Line Bikeway.

Contents

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. [5]

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. [6]

Connections

As of spring 2024, the following connections are available: [7]

History

Van Nuys Southern Pacific depot during a flood, 1914 Flooding in Van Nuys, February 1914. (LAVC22).jpg
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. [8] Pacific Electric interurban trains reached Van Nuys by December 1911, [9] crossing the Southern Pacific tracks at Van Nuys Boulevard. [10]

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. [11]

Thus far, A section of LADWP overhead power lines were undergrounded along Atena Street between Vesper Ave and the distribution substation to the east in August 2019. The communication wires were also undergrounded in November 2020, due to a planned TOD (transit oriented development) on the northwestern corner of Van Nuys Blvd and Oxnard St to be built next to the proposed G Line Bridge.

Van Nuys station will serve as the southern terminus of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project light rail line in 2031. [12] [13] 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 Transit Corridor service may connect to the station.

Nearby notable places

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