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1/17/2020
Metrolink yesterday marked the completion of a two-year construction project to rebuild its train station in Van Nuys, California.
The $32 million project relocated the train platform to the double-tracked station's center to improve efficiency, and allow for more Metrolink and Amtrak service in the future, Metrolink officials said in a press release.
“The newly reconstructed Van Nuys Station allows both tracks to be used simultaneously, increasing capacity, and provides safe access to the platform from a pedestrian underpass, keeping trains and passengers separated,” Metrolink Board Chair Brian Humphrey said.
The platform upgrade also is vital to serving the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (LA Metro) planned East San Fernando Valley light-rail line that will connect Van Nuys Station with the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink station, officials said.
The state provided funding for the reconstruction project from a Proposition 1B grant of $31.1 million administered by the California Department of Transportation. LA Metro contributed $1 million.