Sherman Way station is a station on the
G Line of the
Los Angeles Metro Busway
Metro Busway (previously known as Metro Liner and Metro Transitway) is a system of bus rapid transit (BRT) routes that operate primarily along exclusive or semi-exclusive roadways known locally as a busway or transitway. There are currently two lin ...
system located at Sherman Way in downtown
Canoga Park
Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Before the Mexican–American War, the district was part of a rancho, and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and t ...
— 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 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.
It has a parking lot with 207 spaces along with bicycle lockers.
History
Southern Pacific built their Canoga Park station along the Burbank branch in 1912. The station building was on the north side of Sherman Way. The same year, the
Pacific Electric Owensmouth Line
The Owensmouth Line was a Pacific Electric interurban service that connected the San Fernando Valley to Downtown Los Angeles. The route was largely developed as the result of real estate speculation.
History
The Pacific Electric streetcar servi ...
was completed to Owensmouth,
crossing the tracks at Sherman Way. Southern Pacific ceased passenger service on the line in 1920, and Pacific Electric stopped running cars here after 1938.
The old station building was designated a
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles, California, Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural criteria.
History
The Historic-Cult ...
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
Moses Hazeltine Sherman (December 3, 1853 – September 9, 1932) was an American land developer who built the Phoenix Street Railway in Phoenix, Arizona and streetcar systems that would become the core of the Los Angeles Railway and part of t ...
, due to his land development and rail lines he built in the valley.
Service
Station layout
Hours and frequency
Connections
, the following connections are available:
*
Los Angeles Metro Bus
Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
, there are ...
:
Nearby destinations
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
*
Downtown Canoga Park shops, antiques row
* Madrid Theater
References
External links
{{Metro Orange Line navbox
Los Angeles Metro Busway stations
Canoga Park, Los Angeles
G Line (Los Angeles Metro)
Public transportation in the San Fernando Valley
Public transportation in Los Angeles
Bus stations in Los Angeles
2012 establishments in California