Simi Valley station
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5050 Los Angeles Ave Simi Valley, CA 93063 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°16′13″N 118°41′43″W / 34.27028°N 118.69528°WCoordinates: 34°16′13″N 118°41′43″W / 34.27028°N 118.69528°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Simi Valley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Simi Valley Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak code: SIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 26, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2013) |
40,126[1]  1.4% (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simi Valley station is a passenger rail station in the city of Simi Valley, California. It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner (San Luis Obispo-San Diego) and Coast Starlight (Los Angeles Union Station-Seattle), and Metrolink's Ventura County Line (Los Angeles Union Station-East Ventura).
Ten Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 16 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. The Coast Starlight operates one train daily in each direction.[2] Service to Simi Valley began on October 26, 1986, when the Coast Starlight began stopping there.[3]
Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Simi Valley was the 37th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 111 passengers daily.[4]
Platforms and tracks
| Main track | ■ Coast Starlight | toward Seattle (Oxnard) |
| ■ Coast Starlight | toward Los Angeles (Van Nuys) | |
| ■ Pacific Surfliner | toward San Luis Obispo (Moorpark or Oxnard) | |
| ■ Pacific Surfliner | toward San Diego-Union Station (Chatsworth) | |
| ■ Ventura County Line | toward East Ventura (Moorpark) | |
| ■ Ventura County Line | toward L.A. Union Station (Chatsworth) |
References
- ↑ "2013 California Report" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "Train Web: Simi Valley".
- ↑ Rail Passenger Development Plan: 1988-93 Fiscal Years. Sacramento, CA: Division of Mass Transportation, Caltrans. 1988. p. 37. OCLC 18113227.
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
External links
Media related to Simi Valley (train station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak – Stations – Simi Valley, CA
- Simi Valley Amtrak-Metrolink Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
- Simi Valley (SIM)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)