Ventura–East Station

Passengers board here for Metrolink's Ventura County Line going towards Los Angeles Union Station. The platform is just off the main coast route on the Santa Paula Branch Line which is owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission.

Ventura–East
Ventura–East station at sunset
General information
Location	6175 Ventura Boulevard Ventura, California
Coordinates	34°15′02″N 119°12′14″W / 34.25056°N 119.20389°W / 34.25056; -119.20389
Line(s)	Santa Paula Branch Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Gold Coast Transit: 6
Construction
Structure type	At-grade with small shade awning
Parking	60 spaces, 3 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	November 11, 2002; 21 years ago (November 11, 2002)
Previous names	Montalvo
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station Terminus Ventura County Line Oxnard toward L.A. Union Station
Former services Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Ventura toward San Francisco Coast Line Oxnard toward Los Angeles
Location

Six Metrolink Ventura County Line trains (three in each direction) serve the station each weekday, running during peak hours in the peak direction of travel. Two round trips operate on weekends.

The station opened for regular service on November 11, 2002; a grand opening ceremony took place on November 8. Prior to that, Metrolink trains that ran from Los Angeles to Oxnard were stored overnight at this site with no passenger boardings.

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner remains on the Coast line towards downtown Ventura and Santa Barbara, and does not switch over to serve this station. Growth in commuters traveling towards Los Angeles is expected to favor this location over the (downtown) Ventura station used by the Pacific Surfliner. Overnight storage of trains in downtown would also be expensive if that station was used.

On May 9, 2011, Metrolink renamed the station from Montalvo to Ventura–East due to the lack of name recognition. Montalvo had been the name of the junction at this location for over a hundred years and subsequently the community, later annexed by the city of Ventura, that grew adjacent to the junction.