Canoga (Los Angeles Metro station)

Canoga
 Orange Line 

Platform View with floor mural and wallpaper for 1st and 2nd platforms
Location 6610 Canoga Ave, Canoga Park, Los Angeles
Coordinates 34°11′26″N 118°35′49″W / 34.19056°N 118.59694°W / 34.19056; -118.59694Coordinates: 34°11′26″N 118°35′49″W / 34.19056°N 118.59694°W / 34.19056; -118.59694
Owned by Metro
Line(s) Orange Line Orange Line 
Construction
Parking 258 spaces
Bicycle facilities 24 bike rack spaces
32 bike lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status in service
History
Opened December 27, 2006
Services
Preceding station   Metro Liner   Following station
toward Chatsworth
Orange Line
Terminus

Canoga is a station on the Los Angeles Metro Orange Line located on Canoga Avenue in Canoga Park, in the western San Fernando Valley.[1] IIt is part of the Los Angeles County Metro Liner system.

Platforms

Canoga station is the only Metro Liner station to have more than 2 platforms, having a total of 4 platforms. A digital message sign was installed in the station which indicates at what time the next Orange Line bus will arrive, its destination, and the platform it will stop at.

Layout

Westbound ■ Orange Line toward Chatsworth (Sherman Way)
■ Orange Line toward Warner Center (Terminus)
Eastbound ■ Orange Line toward North Hollywood (De Soto)

Canoga is the fifth station on the Orange Line, counting from the western terminus at Chatsworth station. Buses began running on the original transitway route to Canoga and former western terminus at Warner Center on December 17, 2006.[2] The completed station opened to the public on December 27, 2006, about 14 months after the other stations eastward on the line opened.[3] Canoga was built to alleviate the lack of parking available at other Orange Line stations in the West Valley, and provides a total of 612 new parking spaces.

Floor mural public art at 3rd and 4th platforms.

Orange Line extension opens

The 4 miles (6.4 km) Metro Orange Line Chatsworth Extension was complete on June 30, 2012 from Canoga Station north through downtown Canoga Park to the Chatsworth Amtrak/Metrolink Station in Chatsworth. The extension travels north-south along Canoga Avenue.[4][5] The Canoga station parking lot capacity was reduced for the Metro Orange Line route's extension north, but a parking lot was included at the next new stop, the Sherman Way station.

Metro Liner BRT service

Metro Liner Orange Line BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) service hours are approximately from 4:00 AM until 1:00 AM daily.[6]

Bus connections

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Shopping

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