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For the train station, see Van Nuys station.
Van Nuys
G Line
Van Nuys station on February 19, 2025, two days before its closure
A sign posted by Metro details the Long Term Detour that will remain in effect until December 2027
General information
Location6060 & 6062 Van Nuys Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°10′50″N 118°26′55″W / 34.1805°N 118.4487°W / 34.1805; -118.4487
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
Construction
Parking307 spaces[1]
Cycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
OpeningDecember 2027 (2027-12)−1 year and 5 or 6 months
ClosedFebruary 21, 2025 (2025-02-21)1 year, 3 months and 19 days
Passengers
FY 20251,430 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3]
Former services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Sepulveda
toward Chatsworth
 G Line Woodman
toward North Hollywood
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Encino
toward Chatsworth
 Burbank Branch Koster
toward Burbank
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
North Sherman Way
toward Canoga Park
 Owensmouth Whitley
toward Subway Terminal
North Sherman Way
toward San Fernando
 San Fernando
Location
Map
On closing day, representatives from Metro held a press conference at Van Nuys station where they showcased conceptual renderings of the future elevated station.

Van Nuys station is a temporarily closed bus rapid transit station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. It has been closed since February 21, 2025, when upgrades began as part of the G Line Improvements Project. It will be rebuilt as an above-grade station on a viaduct over Van Nuys Boulevard, a north-south arterial road that previously ran adjacent and perpendicular to the station, and for which the station is named. The station serves the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley.[4]

The G Line Bikeway ran alongside the station before its closure, and 1.36 miles (2.19km) of the Bikeway between Sepulveda Boulevard and Tyrone Avenue were closed along with the station. The Bikeway is planned to be rebuilt along with the construction of the viaduct, but final design has not been finalized or published. During Phase A of construction, the Bikeway detour begins at Sepulveda station, follows Erwin Avenue, Delano Street, and Calvert Street with small north-south sections on Noble and Sylmar Avenues. During Phase B, the detour will become smaller, allowing bike riders to reconnect to the Bikeway at Kester Avenue.[5]

Service

Hours and frequency

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.[6]

Connections

As of February 20, 2025, the following connections were available:[7]

History

Van Nuys Southern Pacific depot during a flood, 1914

The corridor on which Van Nuys station sits was a rail line, the Burbank Line, built through the San Fernando Valley by Southern Pacific in 1893.

When the Montalvo Cutoff was constructed in 1904, most traffic was diverted over a new mainline which ran diagonally across the valley and the tracks were relegated to branch status.[8]

In 1911, the Pacific Electric Owensmouth Line was opened, travelling north-south on Van Nuys Boulevard between Chandler Boulevard and Sherman Way. This is why Chandler Boulevard's western terminus features a wide radius turn onto Van Nuys Boulevard, and why Sherman Circle, a similar wide-radius turn road connecting Van Nuys Boulevard and Sherman Way, survives to this day.[9][10]

The Orange Line (now the G Line) began operations over the former Burbank branch with new facilities to serve rapid buses on October 29, 2005.

Van Nuys station was closed at 12:01am on February 21, 2025. The next G Line bus, scheduled for 12:15am, was diverted onto Oxnard Street, where a three-year long-term detour stop will pick up passengers at the intersection of Oxnard and Van Nuys Boulevard.[11][12]

When the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project is built, it will take over a portion of the old Owensmouth Line between the G Line and Sherman Way.

Future development

The map for the G Line Improvements Project, displayed by Metro employees during a public information campaign outside Van Nuys station in January 2025

As part of the G Line Improvements Project, which aims to increase bus speeds and capacity through the corridor, the station is planned to be rebuilt on a grade-separated bridge to decrease interference from traffic.[13]

Van Nuys station will serve as the southern terminus of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project light rail line in 2031.[14][15] In June 2018, Metro staff recommended light rail as the preferred transport mode along this route. This route will connect to Amtrak and Metrolink's Van Nuys train station and Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink station to the north. Additionally, the Sepulveda Transit Corridor service may connect to the station if Alternative 6 is chosen.

Nearby notable places

References

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "LA Metro 2025 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. September 2025.
  4. ^ "Orange Line station information". Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  5. ^ NBC4 Staff. "G Line Van Nuys Station closing for construction". NBC4 Los Angeles. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "G Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles Metro. January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  7. ^ "G Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2025. p. 2. Retrieved Februrary 20, 2025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. ^ Curtiss, Aaron (April 7, 1996). "Tracks to the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  9. ^ 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. p. 40. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
  10. ^ Van Nuys (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1924. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  11. ^ Klemack, John; Lloyd, Jonathan. "Metro to close G Line Station in Van Nuys for bridge project". NBC4 Los Angeles. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  12. ^ "Van Nuys Station to be replaced by temporary stop with G Line Improvements work starting Friday, Feb. 21 | The Source". thesource.metro.net. February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  13. ^ Metro Orange Line Grade Separation Analysis and Operational Improvements Technical Study Task 10.0 Executive Summary FINAL version 5.0 (PDF). Metro (Report). Iteris, STV, TransLink, and WSP. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  14. ^ @numble (November 27, 2023). "October 2023 status report for LA Metro's East San Fernando Valley line. Contractor's initial schedule shows line opening at end of 2031, Metro is targeting summer 2031" (Tweet). Retrieved November 28, 2023 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  15. ^ "Public comment begins on L.A. Metro's FEIS/R for LRT project between Van Nuys and San Fernando". Mass Transit. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.


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