Via Princessa (Metrolink station)

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name=Via Princessa


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address=19201 Via Princessa, Santa Clarita, CA 91351
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other= City of Santa Clarita Transit: 1, 2; Palmdale Flyer
platform=Side platform
parking=395 "Park and Ride" lot spaces
bicycle=Lockers, Bikeway Connection
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opened= 1994
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ADA=Yes
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owned= City of Santa Clarita
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Via Princessa is a Metrolink rail station located in the city of Santa Clarita, California. It is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Lancaster.

Prior to the Northridge earthquake in 1994 the Metrolink line terminated at the Santa Clarita station with plans to eventually extend the line north to the Antelope Valley. Immediately following the earthquake, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority made the decision to extend the line in order to help relieve the traffic bottleneck caused by the collapse of the south-bound connector of State Route 14 to the south-bound interstate 5 in the Newhall Pass. The passenger platform and automobile parking lot for the station were constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in a matter of days following the earthquake.

22 Metrolink trains now serve the station each weekday along with 12 more on Saturdays and 6 on Sunday. Sunday service began in September 2007. Weekday Metrolink service runs primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel while weekend departures and arrivals are fairly evenly spaced throughout the day.

City of Santa Clarita Transit provides very limited direct local bus service to the station. The trips are timed to meet the trains, in the morning hours 5 trips from Canyon Country drop off passengers at the station and in the afternoon 4 trips to Canyon Country pick up passengers at the station. All passengers on the midday trains or going to the communities of Newhall and Friendly Valley must use the bus stops on Sierra Highway at Via Princessa, approximately 0.3 miles away.

Antelope Valley Transit Authority operates the Palmdale Flyer from the Via Princessa Station to LA/Palmdale Regional Airport. The Palmdale Flyer is a nine-month pilot program that started on April 2, 2008. The Palmdale Flyer is free to passengers with a valid boarding pass for a flight out of the airport and $5 one way for all others. The program is funded by the County of Los Angeles the City of Palmdale and Los Angeles World Airports.

Connections

City of Santa Clarita Transit:
*Local: 1, 2

Antelope Valley Transit Authority:
*Palmdale Flyer

Bikeway:
* Santa Clara River Trail- There is an entrance on Whites Canyon Road, approximately a 0.7 mile ride north of the station.

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