Palmdale Transportation Center

The Palmdale Transportation Center is a multi-modal transportation center featuring a Metrolink rail station, a local bus hub, and commuter bus hub in the city of Palmdale, California. The center was completely rebuilt in April 2005. It features a "clock tower plaza" which has an enclosed waiting room with concessions and vending, public telephone, restrooms, a bus pass sales office, and security service. The center has four partially enclosed shelters at the bus hub and six partially enclosed shelters for the rail platform. The center also has a large park and ride facility with 586 spaces.

Palmdale
The Palmdale Transportation Center
General information
Location39000 Clock Tower Plaza Drive
Palmdale, California
Coordinates34°35′27″N 118°07′10″W
Owned byCity of Palmdale
Line(s)SCRRA Valley Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Parking586 spaces
Bicycle facilities8 lockers
Bikeway connections
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJanuary 24, 1994[2]
RebuiltApril 2005
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Lancaster
Terminus
 Antelope Valley Line Vincent Grade/Acton
toward Los Angeles Union Station
Future services
Preceding station California High-Speed Rail Following station
Bakersfield
towards Merced or San Francisco 4th and King Street
 Phase I Burbank Airport
towards Anaheim
Preceding station Brightline Following station
Initial Planned Service
Terminus Brightline West
High Desert Corridor
 Victor Valley
toward Las Vegas
Proposed Service
Los Angeles
Terminus
 Brightline West
High Desert Corridor
 Victor Valley
toward Las Vegas
Location

Rail service

Palmdale Transportation Center is served by 18 Metrolink Antelope Valley Line trains (9 in each direction) each weekday running primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel. Weekend service consists of 12 trains (6 in each direction) on both Saturday and Sunday evenly spaced throughout the day.[3]

Bus services

The center serves as a hub for the Antelope Valley Transit Authority, the city's local bus system as well as a hub for its commuter bus network to Los Angeles. The North County TRANSporter, route 790, allows Metrolink passengers on mid-day trains (that only go as far as Newhall station in the Santa Clarita Valley) to travel to Palmdale station.[4]

Greyhound Bus and FlixBus also serve the station.

Antelope Valley Transit Authority:

  • Local: 1, 3, 7, 8, 51
  • Commuter Express: 785, 786, 787, North County TRANSporter (790)
  • School: 97, 98

FlixBus

Greyhound Lines

  • Route 554 – Palmdale/Los Angeles[5]

Future connections

A multi-modal high-speed rail station just south of the existing station is designated as a stop on the planned California High-Speed Rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles.[6] It is also proposed as a terminus of the planned Brightline West high-speed rail line to Las Vegas.[7]

References
  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
  2. Brooks, Carole A. (January 25, 1994). "Local Metrolink Line Sets System Record Monday With 16,000 Riders". The Signal. Santa Clarita, California. p. 10. Retrieved January 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "790 TRANSporter Schedule". Antelope Valley Transit Authority. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  4. Greyhound Schedule
  5. "High Speed Rail". City of Palmdale. Retrieved July 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Akers, Mick (August 21, 2020). "High-speed rail project inching closer to possible LA connections". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 22, 2020.


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