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Buena Park
Buena Park
	Buena Park station, just before 2007 opening
General information
Location	8400 Lakeknoll Drive; Buena Park, California
Coordinates	33°52′34″N 117°59′18″W / 33.8762°N 117.9884°W
Owned by	City of Buena Park
Line(s)	BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	OC Bus: 25, 29A, 123
Construction
Parking	302 spaces, 11 accessible spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 4, 2007
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Buena Park station is a train station in Buena Park, California, United States, served by Metrolink commuter rail. It is at the center of a transit-oriented development including townhomes and a housing complex owned by the California State University, Fullerton, near the corner of Dale Street and Malvern Avenue. The station is served by Metrolink's Orange County Line and 91/Perris Valley Line.

The station has a clock tower nearly 70 feet high which echoes a clock tower at nearby Knott's Berry Farm, itself a copy of Independence Hall in Philadelphia.^[3] The station includes a 300-car parking lot and a covered pedestrian overpass to allow passengers to cross the tracks.^{[citation needed]}

Construction started in January 2006, and after many delays, the station opened on September 4, 2007. Construction cost $14 million.^[3]

The proposed alignment for the California High-Speed Rail project would require the loss of the station or the demolition of about 25 condominiums.^[4] The City of Buena Park joined other area municipalities to demand greater consultation from the High-Speed Rail Commission. In response, the California High-Speed Rail Authority agreed to study the possibility of a "shared-track alignment" between Los Angeles and Anaheim that would not require the demolition of the present station or condominiums.^[5]

Amtrak(s) Pacific Surfliner and Southwest Chief passes through the station but does not stop in Buena Park.

Services

Rail

Buena Park is served by Metrolink's Orange County and 91/Perris Valley Lines. Three tracks pass through the station, but only tracks 1 and 3 have platforms for passenger service.

Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1 (Northbound)	← 91/Perris Valley Line toward L.A. Union Station (Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs) ← Orange County Line toward L.A. Union Station (Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs) ← Pacific Surfliner no stops ← Southwest Chief no stops
	Track 2	← BNSF freight line – No Passenger Service →
	Track 3 (Southbound)	91/Perris Valley Line toward Perris-South (Fullerton) → Orange County Line toward Oceanside (Fullerton) → Pacific Surfliner no stops → Southwest Chief no stops →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Bus

The station's driveway has two "zones" that are used for OCTA services.^[6]

Zone 1
- Route 29A – Southbound to Huntington Beach via Beach Boulevard (SR 39)
Zone 2
- Route 123 – Eastbound to Anaheim Canyon Station via Malvern, Chapman and Tustin Avenues or southbound to Golden West Transportation Center in Huntington Beach via Valley View Street, then Bolsa Chica Road

References

^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 22.
^ "Buena Park Train Station". Metrolink. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Reyes, David (September 5, 2007). "Metrolink's Buena Park station opens for business". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
^ Mello, Michael (March 10, 2010), "Railway shift could save Buena Park residences", Orange County Register
^ OC, Voice of (2010-04-10). "High-speed Hope in Buena Park". Voice of OC. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
^ "OCTA Bus Book October 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-02-12.

External links

Buena Park – Metrolink
Buena Park Metrolink Station at the City of Buena Park website

[1] SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 22.

[Station_info-2] "Buena Park Train Station". Metrolink. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

[latimes-3] Reyes, David (September 5, 2007). "Metrolink's Buena Park station opens for business". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 5, 2019.

[ocregister-4] Mello, Michael (March 10, 2010), "Railway shift could save Buena Park residences", Orange County Register

[5] OC, Voice of (2010-04-10). "High-speed Hope in Buena Park". Voice of OC. Retrieved 2022-05-15.

[octa-6] "OCTA Bus Book October 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-02-12.

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- | name=Buena Park
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+| style              = Metrolink (California)
+| image              = Buena Park Metrolink Station.jpg
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+| image_caption      = Buena Park station, just before 2007 opening
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+| address            = 8400 Lakeknoll Drive
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+| borough            = [[Buena Park, California]]
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- | image_caption=Buena Park Station, just before 2007 opening
+| owned              = City of Buena Park
- | address=8400 Lakeknoll Drive<br>(At Dale Street)<br>Buena Park, CA 90621
+| line               = [[BNSF Railway|BNSF]] [[San Bernardino Subdivision]]<ref>{{CA rail schematics|page=22}}</ref><!-- line is distinct from "services", which are detailed below -->
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+| platform           = 2 [[side platform]]s
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+| parking            = 302 spaces, 11 [[accessible]] spaces<ref name="Station info">{{Cite web |title=Buena Park Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/buena-park |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=[[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] |language=en}}</ref>
- | other=[[Orange County Transportation Authority]]<br>Fullerton Park-and-Ride Shuttle Services
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+| accessible         = Yes
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+| opened             = {{start date|2007|9|4}}
- | parking=300 free spaces
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-'''Buena Park station''' is a passenger railroad station at 8400 Lakeknoll Drive in northeastern [[Buena Park, California|Buena Park]], [[California]]. It is at the center of a [[transit-oriented development]] including townhomes and a housing complex owned by the [[California State University, Fullerton]], near the corner of Dale Street and Malvern Avenue.
+'''Buena Park station''' is a [[train station]] in [[Buena Park, California]], United States, served by [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] [[commuter rail]]. It is at the center of a [[transit-oriented development]] including townhomes and a housing complex owned by the [[California State University, Fullerton]], near the corner of Dale Street and Malvern Avenue. The station is served by Metrolink's [[Orange County Line]] and [[91/Perris Valley Line]].
-Buena Park is the newest and northernmost of eleven [[Metrolink (Southern California)|Metrolink]] stations in [[Orange County, California|Orange County]]. It is served by the [[Metrolink Orange County Line|Orange County Line]] (originating in [[Oceanside (Amtrak station)|Oceanside]] in northern [[San Diego County]]) and the [[Metrolink 91 Line|91 Line]] (originating in [[Riverside, California|Riverside]] in the [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire]]). Both lines continue north with service to [[Los Angeles]]-[[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]].
-The station has a [[clock tower]] nearly 70 feet high which echoes a clock tower at nearby [[Knott's Berry Farm]], itself a copy of [[Independence Hall]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="lat">{{citation|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/05/local/me-station5|title=Metrolink's Buena Park station opens for business|date=September 5, 2007|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Reyes|first=David}}</ref> The station includes a 300-car parking lot and a covered pedestrian overpass to allow passengers to cross the tracks.
+The station has a [[clock tower]] nearly 70 feet high which echoes a clock tower at nearby [[Knott's Berry Farm]], itself a copy of [[Independence Hall]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="latimes">{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-05-me-station5-story.html |title=Metrolink's Buena Park station opens for business |last=Reyes |first=David |date=September 5, 2007 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> The station includes a 300-car parking lot and a covered pedestrian overpass to allow passengers to cross the tracks.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
-Construction started in January 2006 and after many delays, the station opened on September 4, 2007. Construction had cost $14 million.<ref name="lat" />
+Construction started in January 2006, and after many delays, the station opened on September 4, 2007. Construction cost $14 million.<ref name="latimes" />
-The proposed alignment for the [[California High-Speed Rail]] project would require the loss of the station or the demolition of about 25 condominiums.<ref name="ocrchsr">{{citation|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/station-238503-city-council.html|title=Railway shift could save Buena Park residences|date=March 10, 2010|first=Michael|last=Mello|work=Orange County Register}}</ref> The City of Buena Park has joined other area municipalities to demand greater consultation from the High-Speed Rail Commission.  In response, the California High-Speed Rail Authority has agreed to study the possibility of a "shared-track alignment" between Los Angeles and Anaheim that would not require the demolition of the present station or condominiums.
+The proposed alignment for the [[California High-Speed Rail]] project would require the loss of the station or the demolition of about 25 condominiums.<ref name="ocregister">{{citation|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/station-238503-city-council.html|title=Railway shift could save Buena Park residences|date=March 10, 2010|first=Michael|last=Mello|work=Orange County Register}}</ref> The City of Buena Park joined other area municipalities to demand greater consultation from the High-Speed Rail Commission.  In response, the California High-Speed Rail Authority agreed to study the possibility of a "shared-track alignment" between Los Angeles and Anaheim that would not require the demolition of the present station or condominiums.<ref>{{Cite web |last=OC |first=Voice of |date=2010-04-10 |title=High-speed Hope in Buena Park |url=http://voiceofoc.org/2010/04/high-speed-hope-in-buena-park/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Voice of OC |language=en-US}}</ref>
+[[Amtrak]](s) ''[[Pacific Surfliner]]'' and ''[[Southwest Chief]]'' passes through the station but does not stop in [[Buena Park, California|Buena Park]].
-==Platforms and tracks==
-{{ja-rail-linem|first=2|span=4|pfn=Northwestern-bound|nolinkindex=[[91 Line]]|linecol=#{{SCAX color|91}}|dir=toward [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|L.A. Union Station]] <small>([[Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs (Metrolink station)|Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs]])</small>}}
-{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=[[Orange County Line]]|linecol=#{{SCAX color|OC}}|dir=toward [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|L.A. Union Station]] <small>(Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs)</small>}}
-{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=''[[Southwest Chief]]''|linecol=#{{Amtrak color}}|dir=No stops}}
-{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=''[[Pacific Surfliner]]''|linecol=#{{Amtrak color|Pacific Surfliner}}|dir=No stops}}
-{{ja-rail-linem|span=1|pfn=Center track|nolinkindex=[[BNSF Railway|BNSF]] freight line|dir=No passenger service}}
-{{ja-rail-linem|span=4|pfn=Southeastern-bound|nolinkindex=[[91 Line]]|linecol=#{{SCAX color|91}}|dir=toward [[Riverside (train station)|Riverside-Downtown]] <small>([[Fullerton Transportation Center|Fullerton]])</small>}}
-{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=[[Orange County Line]]|linecol=#{{SCAX color|OC}}|dir=toward [[Oceanside Transit Center|Oceanside]] <small>(Fullerton)</small>}}
-{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=''[[Southwest Chief]]''|linecol=#{{Amtrak color}}|dir=No stops}}
-{{ja-rail-linem|first=3|nolinkindex=''[[Pacific Surfliner]]''|linecol=#{{Amtrak color|Pacific Surfliner}}|dir=No stops}}
-==References==
+== Services ==
+=== Rail ===
+Buena Park is served by Metrolink's Orange County and 91/Perris Valley Lines. Three tracks pass through the station, but only tracks 1 and 3 have platforms for passenger service.
+{| cellpadding="3"
+| rowspan="5" valign="top" width="50" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |'''Platforms'''
+| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" |{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
+|-
+| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |'''Track 1''' (Northbound)
+| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |← {{rail color box|system=Metrolink (California)|line=91|inline=yes}} toward [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|L.A. Union Station]] {{small|([[Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station|Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs]])}}<br />← {{rail color box|system=Metrolink (California)|line=Orange County|inline=yes}} toward [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|L.A. Union Station]] {{small|(Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs)}}<br />← {{rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Pacific Surfliner|inline=yes}} ''no stops''<br />← {{rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Southwest Chief|inline=yes}} ''no stops''
+|-
+| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |'''Track 2'''
+| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" |← ''[[BNSF Railway|BNSF]] freight line – No Passenger Service'' →
+|-
+|'''Track 3''' (Southbound)
+|{{rail color box|system=Metrolink (California)|line=91|inline=yes}} toward {{stn|Perris-South}} {{small|([[Fullerton Transportation Center|Fullerton]])}} →<br />{{rail color box|system=Metrolink (California)|line=Orange County|inline=yes}} toward [[Oceanside Transit Center|Oceanside]] {{small|(Fullerton)}} →<br />{{rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Pacific Surfliner|inline=yes}} ''no stops'' →<br />{{rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Southwest Chief|inline=yes}} ''no stops →''
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" |{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
+|}
+=== Bus ===
+The station's driveway has two "zones" that are used for OCTA services.<ref name="octa">{{Cite web|url=http://octa.net/ebusbook/CompleteBusBook.pdf|title=OCTA Bus Book October 2019|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201710/http://www.octa.net/ebusbook/CompleteBusBook.pdf |archive-date=2018-02-12 |access-date=}}</ref>
+* '''Zone 1'''
+** Route {{OC Bus route|29A}} – Southbound to [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]] via [[California State Route 39|Beach Boulevard (SR 39)]]
+* '''Zone 2'''
+** Route {{OC Bus route|123}} – Eastbound to [[Anaheim Canyon station|Anaheim Canyon Station]] via Malvern, Chapman and Tustin Avenues or southbound to Golden West Transportation Center in [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]] via Valley View Street, then Bolsa Chica Road
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
-{{Metrolink web|84|Buena Park}}
+* {{Metrolink web|Buena-Park|Buena Park}}
-*[http://www.octa.net/pdf/bp_metro.pdf OCTA: Buena Park Station Fast Facts]
+* [http://www.buenapark.com/index.aspx?page=349 Buena Park Metrolink Station] at the City of Buena Park website
-*[http://www.buenapark.com/pdf/Metrolink%20Station_July%202007%20Newsletter.pdf July 2007 Newsletter]
-*[http://www.buenapark.com/pdf/Metrolink%20Station_Jan%202007%20Newsletter.pdf January 2007 Newsletter]
-*[http://www.buenapark.com/pdf/Metrolink%20Station_Sept%202006%20Newsletter.pdf September 2006 Newsletter]
-*[http://www.buenapark.com/pdf/Metrolink%20Station_June%202006%20Newsletter.pdf June 2006 Newsletter]
-{{Metrolink 91 Line navbox}}
+{{Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line navbox}}
 {{Metrolink Orange County Line navbox}}
+{{Buena Park, California}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Buena Park (Metrolink Station)}}
 [[Category:Metrolink stations in Orange County, California]]
-[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2007]]
+[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2007]]
 [[Category:Buena Park, California]]

v t e Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line
Stations	L.A. Union Station Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Buena Park Fullerton Corona–West Corona–North Main Riverside–La Sierra Riverside–Downtown Riverside–Hunter Park/UCR Moreno Valley/March Field Perris–Downtown Perris–South
Future	Placentia
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v t e Metrolink Orange County Line
Stations	L.A. Union Station Commerce (weekdays) Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Buena Park Fullerton Anaheim Orange Santa Ana Tustin Irvine Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo San Juan Capistrano San Clemente San Clemente Pier (weekends) Oceanside
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v t e Buena Park, California
K-12 schools	Buena Park School District Centralia School District Cypress School District Magnolia School District Savanna School District Fullerton Joint Union High School District Buena Park High School Anaheim Union High School District
Points of interest	Train station Buena Park Downtown Dreger Clock Ralph B. Clark Regional Park Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Soak City Jain Center of Southern California Medieval Times Japanese Village and Deer Park (closed) Movieland Wax Museum (closed)
History	History of Knott's Berry Farm Murder of Stuart Tay 2023 Medieval Times strike
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