Discussion

LACMTA is one of the five member agencies of the SCRRA, which operates Metrolink commuter trains over this railroad line. In addition to Metrolink commuter trains, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) operates Amtrak passenger trains, and the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPPR) operates freight trains over this railroad line.

LACMTA constructed and is operating a Bus Rapid Transit Line called the Metro Orange line (MOL) between Lankershim Boulevard and Warner Center in Los Angeles. The MOL extension will begin at its present terminal near the intersection with Canoga Avenue and follow the LACMTA-owned right-of-way until it crosses at separated grades over the SCRRA and UPRR tracks. The grade separated structure will be a two-lane roadway that will cross the UPRR and SCRRA tracks at Mile Post 445.73 and finally terminate at the Metrolink Chatsworth Station parking lot.

The minimum vertical clearance over the tracks from bottom of grade-separated structure to top of rail will be 25 ft 9 in. The design and construction of the overpass grade-separation structure shall comply with the minimum clearance requirements set forth in California Public Utilities Commission General Order 26-D.