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Sherman Way station

Coordinates: 34°12′03″N 118°35′51″W / 34.20095°N 118.59746°W / 34.20095; -118.59746
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Sherman Way
G Line 
Sherman Way station platforms, October 2024
General information
Location21384 Sherman Way
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°12′03″N 118°35′51″W / 34.20095°N 118.59746°W / 34.20095; -118.59746
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
ConnectionsLos Angeles Metro Bus
Construction
Parking207 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 30, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-30)
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Roscoe
toward Chatsworth
G Line Canoga
Location
Map

Sherman Way station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system located at Sherman Way in downtown Canoga Park — a community of Los Angeles in the western San Fernando Valley. The station is in service on the Metro G Line Chatsworth Extension. It opened in June 2012.

Sherman Way station is located on the intersection of Canoga Avenue and Sherman Way. The station features similar station amenities as the existing Orange Line stations. Station art is added to the station.[3]

It has a parking lot with 207 spaces along with bicycle lockers.[4]

History

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Owensmouth station, later Canoga Park, c. 1915

Southern Pacific built their Canoga Park station along the Burbank branch in 1912. The station building was on the north side of Sherman Way.[5] The same year, the Pacific Electric Owensmouth Line was completed to Owensmouth,[6]: 40  crossing the tracks at Sherman Way.[7] Southern Pacific ceased passenger service on the line in 1920,[8] and Pacific Electric stopped running cars here after 1938.[6]: 42  The old station building was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in May 1990, three years before the structure was destroyed in a fire.

The Orange Line was constructed over the former Burbank branch, with bus rapid transit service starting at the newly built station on June 30, 2012.

Sherman Way is named after General Moses Sherman, due to his land development and rail lines he built in the valley.[9]

Service

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Hours and frequency

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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.[10]

Connections

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As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[11]

Nearby destinations

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The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

References

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  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. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "L.A.Metro: Chatsworth extension". Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "Metro Orange Line ExtensionProject Fact sheet" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Canoga Park (original Owensmouth Southern Pacific R.R. Station)". Office of Historic Resources, Department of City Planning. City of Los Angeles. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  6. ^ a b 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. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
  7. ^ Zelzah (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1928. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  8. ^ Curtiss, Aaron (April 7, 1996). "Tracks to the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  9. ^ Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, San Fernando Valley Line
  10. ^ "Metro G Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  11. ^ "G Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 25, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
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