Glendale Transportation Center

Glendale, CA
The Glendale Transportation Center building, 2007
General information
Other names	Larry Zarian Transportation Center
Location	400 West Cerritos Avenue Glendale, California United States
Coordinates	34°07′25″N 118°15′28″W / 34.123565°N 118.257844°W / 34.123565; -118.257844
Owned by	City of Glendale
Line(s)	SCRRA Valley Subdivision[1]
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Amtrak Thruway: 1 Glendale Beeline: 1, 4, 8, 11, 12 Greyhound Lines Los Angeles Metro Bus: 92, 94, 180, 603
Construction
Parking	426 spaces, 17 accessible spaces[2]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed, platform with shelters
Station code	Amtrak: GDL
History
Opened	1923
Rebuilt	1999
Original company	Southern Pacific
Passengers
FY 2023	40,094[3] (Amtrak only)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Hollywood Burbank Airport toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Los Angeles toward San Diego Downtown Burbank (limited service) toward San Luis Obispo      Coast Starlight does not stop here Preceding station Metrolink Following station Downtown Burbank toward Lancaster Antelope Valley Line L.A. Union Station Terminus Downtown Burbank toward Ventura–East Ventura County Line
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Hollywood Burbank Airport toward Seattle Coast Starlight 1971–2005 Los Angeles Terminus Oxnard toward Sacramento Spirit of California 1981–1983 Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Burbank toward San Francisco Coast Line River toward Los Angeles Burbank toward San Jose Los Angeles – San Jose Los Angeles Terminus Oxnard toward San Francisco Coast Daylight Saugus toward Oakland Pier San Joaquin Daylight Saugus toward Sacramento Sacramento Daylight Ventura toward San Francisco Lark Preceding station CalTrain Following station Burbank Airport towards Oxnard Los Angeles–Oxnard Los Angeles Terminus
Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architect	Maurice Couchot & Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr.
Architectural style	California Churrigueresque (Spanish Colonial Revival)
NRHP reference No.	97000376
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1997
Location

The Glendale Transportation Center (officially the Larry Zarian Transportation Center) is an Amtrak and Metrolink train station in the city of Glendale, California. It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner inter-city rail route and the Metrolink Ventura County Line and Antelope Valley Line commuter rail routes.

Glendale Transportation Center is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) every day, with departures evenly spaced throughout the day.^[4] Twenty Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (ten in each direction) serve the station each weekday, running during peak hours in the peak direction of travel. On weekends, four Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (two in each direction) serve the station. Metrolink passengers also have access to all Pacific Surfliner trains through a codesharing arrangement with Amtrak.^[5]

Amtrak's Coast Starlight passes through the station, but does not stop.

Originally known as the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the California Churrigueresque style of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in 1923. It had replaced the Atwater Tract Office dating from 1883. A scene from Buster Keaton's College was filmed at the station in 1927.^[6]

The city bought the depot from Southern Pacific in 1989 and acquired adjacent properties to create an intermodal center.^[7] Restoration of the historic building and the construction of other elements of the intermodal center cost approximately $6 million.^[8]

In May 1997, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has recently^[when?] undergone an extensive renovation.^{[citation needed]}

Until April 25, 2005, the station was also served by Amtrak's Coast Starlight route.^[9]

In November 2011, the station was dedicated to former Glendale mayor Larry Zarian.^[10]

As of June 26, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:^[11][12]

• Amtrak Thruway: 1
• Glendale Beeline: 1, 4, 8, 11, 12
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 92, 94, 180, 603

The station also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines buses, but there is no Greyhound ticketing kiosk or agent.^[13]

A feasibility study for a streetcar connecting with downtown is underway.^[14]

• Glendale Register of Historic Resources and Historic Districts

Media related to Glendale Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons

• Glendale, CA – Amtrak
• Glendale, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Glendale – Metrolink