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Oxnard Transit Center

Train and bus station in Oxnard, California, US

Field	Value
name	Oxnard, CA
style	Amtrak
other_name	Oxnard Transit Center
image	Oxnard Transportation Center.jpg
caption	Morning view from the southeast of the station in 2014
address	201 East Fourth Street
borough	Oxnard, California
country	United States
coordinates
owned	City of Oxnard
line	UP Santa Barbara Subdivision
platforms	1 side platform
tracks	2
bus_stands	16
bus_routes	{{Unbulleted list
parking	110 spaces, 3 accessible spaces
bicycle	Racks, lockers
accessible	Yes
architect	Joan Briggs
status	Staffed, station building with waiting room
code
opened
former	Oxnard Transportation Center
mpassengers
services	{{Adjacent stations
system1	Amtrak
line1	Coast Starlight	left1=Santa Barbara	right1=Simi Valley	to-left1=Seattle	to-right1=Los Angeles
line2	Pacific Surfliner	left2=Ventura	right2=Camarillo
system3	Metrolink (California)
line3	Ventura County	left3=Ventura–East	right3=Camarillo
other_services_header	Future services
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services
other_services2_header	Former services
other_services2_collapsible	yes
other_services2
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	14

| Amtrak Thruway: 10 | Gold Coast Transit | Greyhound Lines | FlixBus | mapframe-zoom = 14 The Oxnard Transit Center (formerly Oxnard Transportation Center) is an intermodal transit center in downtown Oxnard, California. It is served by Amtrak Coast Starlight and Pacific Surfliner intercity service plus Metrolink Ventura County Line commuter service.

Service

History

The Southern Pacific Railroad constructed a wye 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 towards Camarillo as they continued building the towards Santa Susana in the Simi Valley. With the completion of the Santa Susana Tunnel connecting the line to Burbank, 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.

In 1987, the current station was constructed on the northerly end of the curve while the former station remained at the southerly end. The former Oxnard depot has continued in use as a maintenance and freight yard office by Union Pacific.

Metrolink service started on April 4, 1994, after the Northridge earthquake damaged Simi Valley Freeway and the Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed to temporarily fund the extension of service. The trains were stored overnight in a temporary layover facility in the Montalvo neighborhood of Ventura where the Santa Paula Branch Line, owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission, connects to the Coast Line.

References

{{CA rail schematics
"Oxnard Train Station".
San Buenaventura Research Associates. (July 2005). "Downtown Oxnard Historic Resources Survey Final Report". City of Oxnard.
[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19040320.2.33&srpos=1 "CHATSWORTH PARK CUTOFF LINE OPENS TODAY"] ''Los Angeles Herald'' 20 March 1904. Volume XXXI, Number 173, Page 2
Catania, Sara. (April 4, 1994). "Last of Post-Quake Metrolink Stations Opening in Oxnard". Los Angeles Times.

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