Ventura County Line

Ventura County Line
The Metrolink station at Chatsworth
Overview
Type	Commuter rail line
System	Metrolink
Status	Operating
Locale	Greater Los Angeles Area and Ventura County
Termini	Los Angeles Union Station East Ventura
Stations	12
Daily ridership	3,950 (2012)
Operation
Operator(s)	Metrolink
Character	Elevated and surface-level
Technical
Line length	70.9 miles (114.1 km) (average length between stations: 6.445 miles)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	39.22 mph (63.12 km/h) (average for trains that travel the full line length on Mon-Fri)
Route map [ ] Ventura County Line East Ventura Amtrak Pacific Surfliner to San Luis Obispo Coast Starlight to Seattle Oxnard Camarillo Moorpark Simi Valley Chatsworth Northridge Van Nuys Burbank-Bob Hope Airport ■ Antelope Valley Line Downtown Burbank Glendale Los Angeles Union Station ■ San Bernardino Line ■ ■ ■ 91, Orange County and Riverside Lines This diagram:

The Metrolink Ventura County Line is a commuter rail line serving Ventura County and the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles, in the Southern California system.

Metrolink trains on the Ventura County Line run weekdays only, mostly during peak commuter hours, and so with limited midday service. From Union Station—Downtown Los Angeles (as 7-2011):

Service is augmented during midday and on weekends by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner line, serving most of the Metrolink stations on the Ventura County Line.

Additional airport shuttle service operates between Union Station and Bob Hope Airport station as the Burbank-Bob Hope Airport Line—BUR. Metrolink numbers Airport Line trains in the 900 series.

Metrolink owns the tracks between Moorpark and Los Angeles Union Station. It uses the Coast Line of the Union Pacific Railroad between Moorpark and Oxnard where the Santa Paula Branch splits from the rest of the Coast Line. The East Ventura Station and layover facility are on the Santa Paula branch line.

Service on this line began in 1992 as one of Metrolink's original three lines, with service from Moorpark to Los Angeles Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles. The line was extended to Camarillo and Oxnard in 1994 after the Northridge earthquake, then to East Ventura in 2002.