Lancaster station is owned by and located in the city of

Lancaster, California Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 173,516, making Lancaster the 153rd largest city in the United ...

. It serves as a transfer point for several public transportation bus routes as well as the final Metrolink

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on the

Antelope Valley Line The Antelope Valley Line is a commuter rail line that serves the Northern Los Angeles County area as part of the Metrolink system. The northern segment of the line is rural in character because it travels through the sparsely populated Soledad C ...

that originates away in downtown Los Angeles, at Union Station.

History

Metrolink's

originally terminated in Santa Clarita, and was named the Santa Clarita line. Its plans to extend the line were expedited by almost 10 years following the

1994 Northridge earthquake The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a moment 6.7 (), blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. The quake had a duration of approximately 1 ...

, which collapsed sections of the SR 14 and

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freeways. The Navy

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construction battalion and crews from the

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built an emergency Lancaster station in three days, and Metrolink service began on January 24, one week after the earthquake.

Connecting services

Antelope Valley Transit Authority Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale, Lancaster and Northern Los Angeles County. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by MV Transportation, and is affiliated with and offe ...

: **4 – Eastside Lancaster **7 – Rancho Vista/Lancaster **9 – Quartz Hill via Avenue H **11 – East/West Lancaster via Avenue I **785 – Downtown Los Angeles **786 – Century City/West Los Angeles **787 – West San Fernando Valley **790 – North County TRANSporter * Eastern Sierra Transit: **395 South ( Mammoth Lakes – Lancaster) * Kern Transit: **100 – Bakersfield/Lancaster **250 – California City/Lancaster

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* * Metrolink stations in Los Angeles County, California Transportation in Lancaster, California Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in Los Angeles County, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1994 1994 establishments in California Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations {{California-railstation-stub