Sherman Way station (G Line)

Sherman Way station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system located at Sherman Way in downtown Canoga Park — a community of Los Angeles in the western San Fernando Valley. The station is in service on the Metro G Line Chatsworth Extension. It opened in June 2012.

"Sherman Way station" redirects here. For the planned Metro Rail station, see Sherman Way station (Metro Rail).
Sherman Way
 
Sherman Way station platform
General information
Location21384 Sherman Way
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34.20095°N 118.59746°W / 34.20095; -118.59746
Owned byMetro
Platforms2 side platforms
ConnectionsMetro Local
Construction
Parking207 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedJune 30, 2012 (2012-06-30)
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Roscoe
toward Chatsworth
 G Line Canoga
toward North Hollywood
Location

Sherman Way station is located on the intersection of Canoga Avenue and Sherman Way. The station features similar station amenities as the existing Orange Line stations. Station art is added to the station.[2]

It has a parking lot with 207 spaces along with bicycle lockers.[3]

Service

Station layout
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ←  G Line toward Chatsworth (Roscoe)
Eastbound →  G Line toward North Hollywood (Canoga) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Hours and frequency

G Line buses run 24 hours a day. On weekdays, buses operate every eight minutes during peak hours and every ten minutes during the daytime and most of the day Saturday. Buses operate 15 minutes most of the day on the Sunday. Night service on all days is every 20 minutes.[4]

Bus connections

Nearby destinations
  • Downtown Canoga Park shops, antiques row
  • Madrid Theater

History
Owensmouth station, later Canoga Park, c. 1915

Southern Pacific built their Canoga Park station along the Burbank branch in 1912. The station building was on the north side of Sherman Way.[5] The same year, the Pacific Electric Owensmouth Line was completed to Owensmouth,[6]: 40  crossing the tracks at Sherman Way.[7] Southern Pacific ceased passenger service on the line in 1920,[8] and Pacific Electric stopped running cars here after 1938.[6]: 42  The old station building was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in May 1990, three years before the structure was destroyed in a fire.

The Orange Line was constructed over the former Burbank branch, with bus rapid transit service starting at the newly built station on June 30, 2012.

Sherman Way is named after General Moses Sherman, due to his land development and rail lines he built in the valley.[9]

References
  1. "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. "L.A.Metro: Chatsworth extension". Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. "Metro Orange Line ExtensionProject Fact sheet" (PDF).
  4. "Metro G Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  5. "Canoga Park (original Owensmouth Southern Pacific R.R. Station)". Office of Historic Resources, Department of City Planning. City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. 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. ASIN B0007F8D84.
  7. Zelzah (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1928. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. Curtiss, Aaron (7 April 1996). "Tracks to the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, San Fernando Valley Line
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