Metro - File #: 2026-0103

• File #: 2026-0103
• Type: Project
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/2/2026
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 7/15/2026
• Title: PROGRAM $6,900,000 for conceptual planning, environmental clearance, preliminary engineering, and community outreach for the San Fernando Valley (SFV)/Pacoima Metrolink Station and Mobility Hub.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Automatic vehicle location, Budgeting, Burbank, Community Transportation, Double track, Glendale, Hubs, Intersections, Lancaster, Light rail transit, Los Angeles Union Station, Metrolink, Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, Multimodal, Outreach, Pacoima, Pedestrian safety, Pedestrians, Preliminary Engineering (Project), Program, Project, Railroad commuter service, Ridership, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Santa Clarita, Strategic planning, Transfer on 2nd Boarding, Transfers, Transportation modes, Trucking

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 15, 2026

Subject
SUBJECT: ANTELOPE VALLEY LINE IMPROVEMENTS - SAN FERNANDO VALLEY/PACOIMA METROLINK STATION AND MOBILITY HUB

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
PROGRAM $6,900,000 for conceptual planning, environmental clearance, preliminary engineering, and community outreach for the San Fernando Valley (SFV)/Pacoima Metrolink Station and Mobility Hub.

Issue
ISSUE

At its December 2025 meeting, the Board directed staff to return with an update to program funds to advance the Pacoima Metrolink Station and Mobility Hub project (Project) as a next step following the Board adoption of Scenario 2 for the East San Fernando Valley (ESFV) Shared Right-of-Way (ROW) Study (Study).

Background
BACKGROUND
At its December 2025 meeting, the Board approved the Scenario 2 Pacoima Metrolink Station option as the preferred alternative for the Study. As part of the Study, the Board reviewed alternatives for connecting the terminus for the ESFV Light Rail Transit (LRT) Corridor project at Van Nuys Boulevard and San Fernando Road with the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station. The Board selected Scenario 2, which would construct a new Pacoima Metrolink station on the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line right-of-way at this intersection to serve as a multimodal transfer hub between the ESFV LRT and the Metrolink AVL.
Scenario 2 intends to leverage the Metro-owned Antelope Valley Line (AVL) ROW and existing Metrolink AVL commuter rail service that Metro funds 100%. Metro is a member of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), operator of the Metrolink regional commuter rail service. Metro owns 151 miles of Metrolink ROW in Los Angeles County, including 76 miles along the AVL from Los Angeles to Lancaster. The AVL provides connections throughout the San Fernando Valley and to Los Angeles Union Station and many other Metro and Metrolink local and regional transit connections ...