Moorpark
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Moorpark
→ noun an apricot of a large orange-fleshed variety.
Origin: late 18th cent.: named after Moor Park, Hertfordshire, southern England, the house of Sir William Temple (1628–99), who cultivated this variety of fruit.
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Moorpark (Amtrak station)
| Moorpark Amtrakstation Metrolink commuter rail station |
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| Address | 300 High Street Moorpark, California 93021 |
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| Lines | Amtrak Metrolink | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | MPK | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Moorpark | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 12,293[1]  11% (Amtrak) |
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The Moorpark Amtrak/Metrolink Station is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Moorpark, California.
It is served by both Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura. Five Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 16 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday. Except during peak hours in the peak direction of travel, Moorpark functions as the western terminus of the Ventura County Line. Metrolink stores trains in a small yard a short distance west of the station.[2]
Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Moorpark was the 53rd-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 35 passengers daily.[3]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/CALIFORNIA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ^ "Train Web: Moorpark". http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/moorpark.htm.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/CALIFORNIA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
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Coordinates: 34°17′07″N 118°52′37″W / 34.285162°N 118.87707°W
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