Camarillo station

Camarillo station is a passenger rail station in the city of Camarillo, California. It is served by both Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to east Ventura. It is located at the foot of Ventura Boulevard at the intersection of Lewis Road, and is underneath the US Highway 101 overpass. The first Camarillo depot was at this same location until Southern Pacific ended passenger service.

Camarillo, CA
Amtrak and Metrolink station
The platform in 2014, looking southwest at Lewis Road
General information
Location30 Lewis Road
Camarillo, California
United States
Coordinates34.216469°N 119.0335°W / 34.216469; -119.0335
Owned byUnion Pacific Railroad, City of Camarillo
Line(s)UP Coast Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsVISTA (intercity bus service)
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: CML
History
OpenedFebruary 14, 1994 (1994-02-14)
Passengers
FY201953,219[1] (Amtrak only)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Oxnard
toward San Luis Obispo
 Pacific Surfliner
(limited service)
 Moorpark
toward Los Angeles or San Diego
     Coast Starlight does not stop here
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
Oxnard
toward East Ventura
 Ventura County Line Moorpark
toward Los Angeles Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Oxnard
toward San Francisco
 Coast Line Moorpark
toward Los Angeles
Location

Nine Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and six Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. This limited Metrolink service runs only at peak hours in the peak direction of travel (i.e. three morning departures to Los Angeles and three evening arrivals from Los Angeles).[2]

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Camarillo was the 41st-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 90 passengers daily.[3]

History

When the Southern Pacific Railroad built a new line from Ventura to Los Angeles, it built a depot to serve the Rancho Camarillo. It was a Southern Pacific two-story design, similar to the still existing Santa Susana Depot built on the same line. It was located where the current Ventura Freeway overpass is today. While the overpass was being built in 1955, the depot building was shifted further along the track closer to the old Ventura Boulevard rail crossing. Passenger service stops in Camarillo ended on the Coast line in the 1960s. The depot was offered to the City of Camarillo, but no location could be found to preserve it, so it was demolished in the 1970s. The Ventura Boulevard rail crossing was removed with the opening of the Ventura Freeway.

The Amtrak Coast Starlight train passed through Camarillo in the 1970s and 1980s, but did not stop for passengers. The location was an empty lot used for transloading box cars for many years. The short-lived CalTrain service also passed through Camarillo without stopping.

A temporary platform opened at the station on February 14, 1994, as part of the emergency expansion of service on the Ventura County Line in response to the 1994 Northridge earthquake.[4] Amtrak's San Diegan trains (later renamed the Pacific Surfliner) began stopping in Camarillo on October 30, 1994.[5]

Platforms and tracks
Northbound ■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Luis Obispo, limited service (Oxnard)
■ Ventura County Line toward East Ventura (Oxnard)
■ Coast Starlight No stops
Southbound ■ Pacific Surfliner toward San Diego-Union Station, limited service (Moorpark)
■ Ventura County Line toward L.A. Union Station (Moorpark)
■ Coast Starlight No stops

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2019: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. May 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. "Train Web: Camarillo".
  3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. McDonald, Jeff (February 14, 1994). "Camarillo Metrolink Station Opens Today". Los Angeles Times. p. B1. Retrieved July 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Catania, Sara (October 24, 1994). "Amtrak to Begin Camarillo Service". Los Angeles Times. p. B3. Retrieved July 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.


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