Newhall (Metrolink station)
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Newhall is a Metrolink
Metrolink (Southern California)
Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....

 rail station
Train station
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 in the city of Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita, California
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, California
California
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. The station is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line
Metrolink 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 line is presently more rural in character because it travels through the sparsely populated Soledad Canyon between Santa Clarita and Palmdale, serving the small...

 from Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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 Union Station
Union Station (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California. The station has rail services by Amtrak and Amtrak California and Metrolink; light rail/subways are the Metro Rail Red Line, Purple Line, Gold Line. Bus rapid transport runs on the Silver Line...

 to Lancaster
Lancaster, California
Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...

. 24 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday and 8 serve the station on Saturdays. Sunday service began in September 2007. Weekday Metrolink service runs primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel while weekend departures and arrivals are fairly evenly spaced throughout the day. The station serves as a major transfer station for City of Santa Clarita Transit.

The station is named Jan Heidt Newhall Metrolink Station after Santa Clarita's first Mayor
Mayor
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 Pro-tem
Pro tempore
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 Jan Heidt. The station shares a parking lot with the City of Santa Clarita Community Center.

Connections

City of Santa Clarita Transit:
  • Local: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 14

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the California state-chartered regional transportation planning agency and public transportation operating agency for the County of Los Angeles formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the...

:
  • Commuter Express: 795, 796, 797, 799


Amtrak California
Amtrak California
Amtrak California is a brand name used by the Caltrans Division of Rail for all state-supported Amtrak rail routes within the U.S. State of California...

:
  • Los Angeles/Bakersfield (via Santa Clarita-Newhall Metrolink)
  • Simi Valley/Bakersfield

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