The Future of Canyon Country Metrolink Service

By Michele E. Buttelman

Signal Staff Writer

There’s good news for Canyon Country Metrolink riders. In the next year, Canyon Country will have two locations for commuters and day-trippers to catch a Metrolink train.

A new Metrolink station on the Antelope Valley Metrolink line is under construction at the Vista station is expected to be completed and open in the first quarter of 2023, said Carla Callahan, City of Santa Clarita senior engineer.

Canyon development. The new development is located on the east side of State Route 14, the Antelope Valley Freeway and can be accessed from two exits, Sand Canyon Road and Via Princessa.

Vista Canyon was annexed into the city of Santa Clarita in September 2012 and the land use plan was approved by the city council in May 2011.

A groundbreaking for the Vista Canyon Metrolink station was held Oct. 27, 2020 and the

PHOTOS COURTESY VISTA CANYON

Via Princessa

The Vista Canyon station was originally slated to be a replacement station for the Via Princessa Metrolink stop.

See METROLINK, page 16

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