Oxnard (Amtrak station)

Oxnard Transit Center
Location	201 East Fourth Street Oxnard, California 93030 United States
Coordinates	34°11′58″N 119°10′34″W / 34.19944°N 119.17611°W / 34.19944; -119.17611Coordinates: 34°11′58″N 119°10′34″W / 34.19944°N 119.17611°W / 34.19944; -119.17611
Owned by	City of Oxnard
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	Metrolink Amtrak
Bus stands	16
Bus operators	Gold Coast Transit VISTA Greyhound Lines
Construction
Structure type	Modern 14,000 square foot (1,300 m2) brick building
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: OXN
History
Opened	1987; 30 years ago (1987)
Previous names	Oxnard Transportation Center
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	96,662  6.5% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Santa Barbara toward Seattle Coast Starlight Simi Valley toward Los Angeles Ventura toward Goleta or San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Simi Valley toward Los Angeles or San Diego (Union Station) Camarillo (limited service) toward Los Angeles or San Diego (Union Station) East Ventura Terminus Ventura County Line Camarillo toward Los Angeles Union Station
Location
Oxnard Transit Center Location within California

The Oxnard Transit Center, originally known as the Oxnard Transportation Center, is an intermodal transit center in historic downtown Oxnard, California. The station serves Amtrak and Metrolink trains as well as local and regional buses. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles Union Station to Seattle, Washington, and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura stop here. Ten Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily, and six Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. The Coast Starlight operates one train daily in each direction.

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Oxnard was the 28th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 223 passengers daily.

1A/B – Oxnard – Port Hueneme
2 – Colonia
3 – Oxnard – Naval Base
4A/B – North Oxnard
5 – Seabridge
6 – Oxnard – Ventura
8 – Centerpoint Mall, via Oxnard College
19/20 – Central Oxnard

Conejo Connection – Oxnard – Camarillo – Thousand Oaks – Warner Center Transit Hub

The Southern Pacific Railroad constructed a spur at Montalvo in late 1897 on the original route connecting Ventura to Los Angeles through the Santa Clara River Valley. This spur was needed for shipping construction equipment to the site of a new beet sugar refinery. A wooden railroad trestle and rail line were constructed over the Santa Clara River as the spur headed south, reaching the new settlement here on the relatively isolated coastal plain in April 1898. The rail line turned here from the north-south alignment to east-west as they continued building the tracks to Santa Susana in the Simi Valley. With the completion of the Santa Susana Tunnel, this became the most direct route between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The new settlement was named after the factory owner and in 1904 traffic on the coast railroad line was rerouted through Oxnard.