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BURBANK : Metrolink Action on Airport Stop Delayed

By HENRY CHU
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Metrolink directors Friday postponed for a month a decision on whether to stop trains at Burbank Airport, asking for more study of the idea.

Since last week’s opening of a refurbished platform across the street from the airport, officials from the city of Burbank and Ventura County transportation planners have pressed Metrolink to add the stop to its Moorpark line. Currently, the platform only serves Amtrak trains running between Santa Barbara and San Diego, which use the same track as the Metrolink Moorpark line.

Supporters say the stop would encourage airport-bound riders from Ventura County and the western San Fernando Valley to use mass transit, but Metrolink officials note that customers can already alight at the downtown Burbank Metrolink station and take a free shuttle back to the airport.

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The board of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, which oversees Metrolink, voted Friday to have its staff analyze the proposal more thoroughly, including questions of upgrading the platform to meet Metrolink standards.

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Henry Chu

Henry Chu first joined the Los Angeles Times in 1990 and worked primarily out of the San Fernando Valley office before moving to the foreign staff in 1998. He served as bureau chief in Beijing from 1998 to 2003, Rio de Janeiro from 2004 to 2005, New Delhi from 2006 to 2008 and London from 2009 to 2014. He was a 2014-15 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. From 2016-19 he was international editor at Variety magazine. A graduate of Harvard University, Chu returned to The Times in March 2020 as deputy news editor based in London. He left in 2024.

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