Sherman Way station (G Line)

Sherman Way is a station on the Los Angeles Metro G Line 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
 
Platform view with floor mural and wallpaper
Location21384 Sherman Way
Canoga Park, California, U.S.
Coordinates34.20095°N 118.59746°W / 34.20095; -118.59746
Elevationat-grade
Owned byMetro
Line(s) G Line
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Parking207 spaces
Bicycle facilities12 rack spaces
16 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
OpenedJune 30, 2012 (June 30, 2012)
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.[1]

Service

Station layout
Eastbound ■ G Line toward Chatsworth (Roscoe)
Westbound ■ G Line toward North Hollywood (Canoga)

It has a parking lot with 207 spaces along with bicycle lockers.[2]

Metro Busway service

G Line service operates 24 hours a day.[3]

Bus connections

Nearby destinations
  • Downtown Canoga Park shops, antiques row
  • Madrid Theater
  • Vallarta Supermarket
  • Follow Your Heart, cafe and health food store
  • Pastries by Edie, bakery & cafe
  • Green Thumb Nursery
  • Sara J Pastries & Cakes
  • Starbucks
  • Andy's Submarine Sandwich's
  • Burger King
  • Carl's Jr.

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.[4] The same year, the Pacific Electric Owensmouth Line was completed to Owensmouth,[5] crossing the tracks at Sherman Way.[6] Southern Pacific ceased passenger service on the line in 1920,[7] and Pacific Electric stopped running cars here after 1938.[5] 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 his land development and rail lines he built in the valley.[8]

References
  1. "L.A.Metro: Chatsworth extension". Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. "Metro Orange Line ExtensionProject Fact sheet" (PDF).
  3. "Metro Orange Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  4. "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.
  5. 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). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. Zelzah (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1928. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. Curtiss, Aaron (7 April 1996). "Tracks to the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. Electric Railway Heritage Association, San Fernando Valley Line
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