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Lancaster station is owned by and located in the city of Lancaster, California. It serves as a transfer point for several public transportation bus routes as well as the final Metrolink train station on the Antelope Valley Line that originates 69 miles (111 km) away in downtown Los Angeles, at Union Station.

Lancaster
Lancaster station, 2012
General information
Location	44812 Sierra Highway Lancaster, California United States
Coordinates	34°41′48″N 118°08′12″W
Owned by	City of Lancaster
Line(s)	SCRRA Valley Subdivision[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	4 (2 bypass tracks, 1 storage track)
Connections	Antelope Valley Transit Authority: 4, 7, 9, 11, 785, 786, 787, 790 Eastern Sierra Transit Authority: 395 South Kern Transit: 100, 250
Construction
Parking	Approximately 140 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: LCS
History
Opened	January 24, 1994[2]
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station Terminus Antelope Valley Line Palmdale toward Los Angeles Union Station
Location

The station is served by 18 Metrolink Antelope Valley Line trains (9 in each direction) each weekday running primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel. Weekend service consists of 12 trains (6 in each direction) on both Saturday and Sunday evenly spaced throughout the day.[3]

History

Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line originally terminated in Santa Clarita, and was named the Santa Clarita line. Its plans to extend the line were expedited by almost 10 years following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which collapsed sections of the SR 14 and I-5 freeways. The Navy Seabee construction battalion and crews from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works built an emergency Lancaster station in three days, and Metrolink service began on January 24,[2] one week after the earthquake.[4]

Connecting services

• Antelope Valley Transit Authority:
  • 4 – Eastside Lancaster
  • 7 – Rancho Vista/Lancaster
  • 9 – Quartz Hill via Avenue H
  • 11 – East/West Lancaster via Avenue I
  • 785 – Downtown Los Angeles
  • 786 – Century City/West Los Angeles
  • 787 – West San Fernando Valley
  • 790 – North County TRANSporter
• Eastern Sierra Transit:
  • 395 South (Mammoth Lakes – Lancaster)
• Kern Transit:
  • 100 – Bakersfield/Lancaster
  • 250 – California City/Lancaster

References

External links

• Media related to Lancaster station at Wikimedia Commons
• Lancaster at the Metrolink website

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