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{{Short description|Train and bus station in Oxnard, California, US}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Oxnard, CA
| style              = Amtrak
| other_name         = Oxnard Transit Center
| image              = Oxnard Transportation Center.jpg
| caption            = Morning view from the southeast of the station in 2014
| address            = 201 East Fourth Street
| borough            = [[Oxnard, California]]
| country            = United States
| coordinates        = {{coord|34|11|58|N|119|10|34|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| owned              = City of Oxnard
| line               = [[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]] [[Santa Barbara Subdivision]]<ref name="schematics">{{CA rail schematics|page=15}}</ref>
| platforms          = 1 [[side platform]]
| tracks             = 2
| bus_stands         = 16
| bus_routes         = {{Unbulleted list
   | {{bus icon}} [[Amtrak Thruway]]: [[Amtrak Thruway#10|10]]
   | {{bus icon}} [[Gold Coast Transit]]
   | {{bus icon}} [[Greyhound Lines]]
   | {{bus icon}} [[FlixBus]]
   }}
| parking            = 110 spaces, 3 [[accessible]] spaces<ref name="Metrolink Station Page">{{Cite web |title=Oxnard  Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/oxnard/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=[[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] |language=en}}</ref>
| bicycle            = [[Bicycle parking rack|Racks]], [[Bicycle locker|lockers]]<ref name="Metrolink Station Page" />
| accessible         = Yes
| architect          = Joan Briggs
| architectural_style = 
| status             = Staffed, station building with waiting room
| code               = {{Amtrak code|OXN}}
| opened             = {{start date|1987}}
| former             = Oxnard Transportation Center
| mpassengers        = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak only|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Oxnard}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| services           = {{Adjacent stations
  |system1=Amtrak
    |line1=Coast Starlight|left1=Santa Barbara|right1=Simi Valley|to-left1=Seattle|to-right1=Los Angeles
    |line2=Pacific Surfliner|left2=Ventura|right2=Camarillo
  |system3=Metrolink (California)
    |line3=Ventura County|left3=Ventura–East|right3=Camarillo
  }}
| other_services_header = Future services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metrolink (California)|line=Ventura|left=Ventura–Downtown/Beach|to-left=Goleta|right=Camarillo|type=Goleta}}
| other_services2_header = Former services
| other_services2_collapsible = yes
| other_services2    = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Spirit of California|left=Santa Barbara|to-left=Sacramento|note-mid=1981–1983|right=Glendale|to-right=Los Angeles}}
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-zoom      = 14
}}
The '''Oxnard Transit Center''' (formerly '''Oxnard Transportation Center''') is an [[Intermodal passenger transport|intermodal transit center]] in downtown [[Oxnard, California]]. It is served by [[Amtrak]] ''[[Coast Starlight]]'' and ''[[Pacific Surfliner]]'' intercity service plus [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] [[Ventura County Line]] commuter service.

==Service==
{{LA Metrolink hours and frequency|PS/CS/VC North}}

== History ==
[[File:Oxnard station from the Coast Starlight, May 1976.jpg|thumb|left|Oxnard station in May 1976]]
The [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] constructed a [[Wye (rail)|wye]] at [[Montalvo, Ventura, California|Montalvo]] in late 1897 on the original route connecting Ventura to [[Los Angeles]] through the [[Santa Clara River Valley]]. This spur was needed for shipping construction equipment to the site of a new [[beet sugar]] refinery. A wooden railroad [[Trestle bridge|trestle]] and rail line were constructed over the [[Santa Clara River (California)|Santa Clara River]] as the spur headed south, reaching the new settlement here on the relatively [[Oxnard Plain|isolated coastal plain]] in April 1898.<ref>{{cite report|author=San Buenaventura Research Associates |date=July 2005 |url=http://developmentservices.cityofoxnard.org/Uploads/Planning/Historic-Survey_Oxnard-Survey-Final-Report.pdf |title=Downtown Oxnard Historic Resources Survey Final Report |publisher=City of Oxnard|archive-date=2015-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123936/http://developmentservices.cityofoxnard.org/Uploads/Planning/Historic-Survey_Oxnard-Survey-Final-Report.pdf}}</ref> The rail line turned here from the north–south alignment to east–west towards [[Camarillo, California|Camarillo]] as they continued building the towards [[Santa Susana Depot|Santa Susana]] in the [[Simi Valley]]. With the completion of the [[Santa Susana Tunnel]] connecting the line to Burbank, this became the most direct route between Los Angeles and [[San Francisco]]. The new settlement was named after the factory owner and in 1904 traffic on the [[Coast Line (UP)|coast railroad line]] was rerouted through Oxnard.<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19040320.2.33&srpos=1 "CHATSWORTH PARK CUTOFF LINE OPENS TODAY"] ''Los Angeles Herald'' 20 March 1904. Volume XXXI, Number 173, Page 2</ref>

In 1987, the current station was constructed on the northerly end of the curve while the former station remained at the southerly end. The former Oxnard depot has continued in use as a maintenance and freight yard office by [[Union Pacific]].

Metrolink service started on April 4, 1994, after the [[1994 Northridge earthquake|Northridge earthquake]] damaged [[Simi Valley Freeway]] and the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] agreed to temporarily fund the extension of service. The trains were stored overnight in a temporary layover facility in the Montalvo neighborhood of Ventura where the [[Santa Paula Branch Line]], owned by the [[Ventura County Transportation Commission]], connects to the [[Coast Line (UP)|Coast Line]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-04-me-42008-story.html|title=Last of Post-Quake Metrolink Stations Opening in Oxnard |work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 4, 1994|first=Sara|last=Catania}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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{{Amtrak web|OXN|Oxnard, CA}}
{{Metrolink web|oxnard|Oxnard}}

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[[Category:Transportation in Oxnard, California]]
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