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{{Short description|Train station in Acton, California, United States}}

{{Infobox Station

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| name=Vincent Grade/Acton

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{{Infobox Stationstation

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| name = Vincent Grade/Acton

| address=730 West Sierra Hwy. Acton, Ca 93510

| style = Metrolink (California)

| line=Antelope Valley

| image = Vincent Grade Action station.jpg

{{Rail color box|system=SCAX|line=Antelope Valley}}

| image_caption = Vincent Grade/Action station in 2015

| other= Santa Clarita Transit

| address = 730 West Sierra Highway

| platform=Side platform

| borough = [[Acton, California]]

| parking=Approximately 240 parking spaces

| coordinates = {{Coord|34|29|53|N|118|07|05|W|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA}}

| bicycle=

| mapframe = yes

| passengers=

| mapframe-zoom = 14

| pass_year=

| line = [[Southern California Regional Rail Authority|SCRRA]] Valley Subdivision<ref name=schematics>{{CA rail schematics|page=17}}</ref>

| pass_percent=

| connections = {{bus icon}} [[Antelope Valley Transit Authority]]: 790&nbsp;(northbound only)

| opened= 1994

| platform =Side 2 [[side platform]]s

| rebuilt=

| tracks = 2

| ADA=Yes

| parking = 414 spaces, 16 [[accessible]] spaces<ref name="Metrolink Station Page">{{Cite web |title=Vincent Grade/Acton Train Station |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/vincent-gradeacton |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=[[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] |language=en}}</ref>

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| bicycle = [[Bicycle parking rack|Racks]] and [[Bicycle locker|lockers]]<ref name="Metrolink Station Page" />

| owned=

| opened = February&nbsp;1, 1994<ref>{{cite news |title=Damage Reports |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67154697/vincent-grade-january-28-1994/ |access-date=January 8, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=January 28, 1994 |page=A29|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

| zone=

| accessible = Yes

| owned = [[Los Angeles County Department of Public Works]]

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metrolink (California)|line=Antelope Valley|left=Palmdale|right=Vista Canyon}}

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The '''Vincent Grade/Acton Metrolink Station''' is a [[Metrolink (Southern California)|Metrolink]] [[train station|rail station]] in the city of [[Acton, California|Acton]], [[California]]. It is served by Metrolink's [[Metrolink Antelope Valley Line|Antelope Valley Line]] from [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] to [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]]. 18 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday and 8 serve the station on Saturdays. There is no service on Sundays. 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.

'''Vincent Grade/Acton station'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Metrolink tracks – and schedule – washed out by Acton flash flood |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2017/08/04/metrolink-tracks-and-schedule-washed-out-by-acton-flash-flood/ |access-date=28 October 2020 |agency=Los Angeles Daily News |publisher=City News Service |date=4 August 2017}}</ref> is a [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] [[train station|rail station]] just north of the community of [[Acton, California]]. It is served by Metrolink's [[Antelope Valley Line]] from [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] to [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]].

==Connections==

'''[[Santa Clarita Transit]]:'''

*Commuter Express 795

{{LA Metrolink hours and frequency|AV North}}

==External links==

* [http://www.metrolinktrains.com/lines/schedules/ Metrolink Schedules]

* [http://www.metrolinktrains.com/lines/line_92_antelope_valley/stations/station_vincent_grade_acton.php Metrolink Station Info Page]

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The station shelters are designed to resemble Wild West-era facades.

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{{s-rail|title=SCAX}}

{{s-line|system=SCAX|line=Antelope Valley|previous=Palmdale|next=Via Princessa}}

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{{Metrolink (Southern California)}}

This station predominantly serves residents of southern and eastern [[Palmdale]], due to the station's closer proximity to these areas than the [[Palmdale Transportation Center]] in northern Palmdale.

[[Category:Metrolink]]

== Connections ==

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The station is served by [[Antelope Valley Transit Authority]] route 790, the North County TRANSporter. The route allows Metrolink passengers on mid-day trains (that only go as far as [[Newhall station]] in the [[Santa Clarita Valley]]) to travel to the [[Palmdale (Metrolink station)|Palmdale station]]. Vincent Grade/Acton station is only served in the northbound direction, by request from passengers onboard the bus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=790 TRANSporter Schedule |url=https://www.avta.com/790-transporter-schedule.php |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=[[Antelope Valley Transit Authority]]}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Lang Southern Pacific Station]], a California Historic Landmark

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*{{Metrolink web|Vincent-GradeActon|Vincent Grade/Acton}}

{{Metrolink (Southern California)}}

{{Metrolink Antelope Valley Line navbox}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent Grade Acton (Metrolink station)}}

[[Category:Metrolink stations in Los Angeles County, California]]

[[Category:Transportation in Palmdale, California]]

[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1994]]

[[Category:1994 establishments in California]]

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