Van Nuys station (Los Angeles Metro)

For the train station, see Van Nuys station.

Van Nuys station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. It is named after adjacent Van Nuys Boulevard, which travels north-south and crosses the east-west busway route and is located in the Van Nuys district of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley.^[4] Adjacent to the station is the G Line Bikeway.

Van Nuys
Van Nuys G Line station, October 2024
General information
Location	6060 & 6062 Van Nuys Boulevard Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34.1805°N 118.4487°W / 34.1805; -118.4487
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus LADOT DASH
Construction
Parking	307 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
Passengers
FY 2024	1,471 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station Sepulveda toward Chatsworth G Line Woodman toward North Hollywood
Former services Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Encino toward Chatsworth Burbank Branch Koster toward Burbank Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station North Sherman Way towards Canoga Park Owensmouth Whitley towards Subway Terminal North Sherman Way towards San Fernando San Fernando
Location

The platform features a painting by Roxene Rockwell called The New Town, which shows an example of the wheat and sugar beet fields that marked the area before it was developed.^[5]

Service

Hours and frequency

G Line buses run 24 hours a day. Buses operate every eight minutes during peak hours on weekdays. They operate every ten minutes during the daytime on weekdays and most of the day on weekends. Night service on all days is every 20 minutes.^[6]

Connections

As of June 25, 2023^[update], the following connections are available:^[7]

• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 154, 233, 237, Rapid 761
• LADOT DASH: Van Nuys/Studio City

History

Van Nuys Southern Pacific depot during a flood, 1914

The rail line through the San Fernando Valley was established by the Southern Pacific in 1893. When the Montalvo Cutoff was constructed in 1904, most traffic was diverted over a new mainline which ran diagonally across the valley and the tracks were relegated to branch status.^[8] Pacific Electric interurban trains reached Van Nuys by December 1911,^[9] crossing the Southern Pacific tracks at Van Nuys Boulevard.^[10]

The Orange Line (now the G Line) began operations over the former Burbank branch with new facilities to serve rapid buses on October 29, 2005.

Future development

As part of the Orange Line Service Improvements Project, which aims to increase bus speeds and capacity through the corridor, the station is planned to be rebuilt on a grade-separated bridge to decrease interference from traffic.^[11]

Thus far, A section of LADWP overhead power lines were undergrounded along Atena Street between Vesper Ave and the distribution substation to the east in August 2019. The communication wires were also undergrounded in November 2020, due to a planned TOD (transit oriented development) on the northwestern corner of Van Nuys Blvd and Oxnard St to be built next to the proposed G Line Bridge.

Van Nuys station will serve as the southern terminus of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project light rail line in 2031.^[12][13] In June 2018, Metro staff recommended light rail as the preferred transport mode along this route. This route will connect to Amtrak and Metrolink's Van Nuys train station and Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink station to the north. Additionally, the Sepulveda Transit Corridor service may connect to the station.

Nearby notable places

• Van Nuys Municipal Building
• Van Nuys Branch

References

1. "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
2. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
3. "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
4. "Orange Line station information". Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
5. "Van Nuys, The New Town by Roxene Rockwell". June 7, 2023.
6. "Metro G Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
7. "G Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 25, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
8. Curtiss, Aaron (April 7, 1996). "Tracks to the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
9. Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 40. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
10. Van Nuys (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1924. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
11. Metro Orange Line Grade Separation Analysis and Operational Improvements Technical Study Task 10.0 Executive Summary FINAL version 5.0 (PDF). Metro (Report). Iteris, STV, TransLink, and WSP. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
12. @numble (November 27, 2023). "October 2023 status report for LA Metro's East San Fernando Valley line. Contractor's initial schedule shows line opening at end of 2031, Metro is targeting summer 2031" (Tweet). Retrieved November 28, 2023 – via Twitter.
13. "Public comment begins on L.A. Metro's FEIS/R for LRT project between Van Nuys and San Fernando". Mass Transit. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.

External links

• LA Metro: Orange Line Timetable Archived May 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - schedules
• LA Metro: Orange Line map and stations Archived October 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine - route map and station addresses and features
• Orange Line history
• LA Metro - countywide: official website