Ventura, CA
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Oxnard, CA (6.0 mi).
About Ventura
Ventura, officially the City of San Buenaventura, is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. It is a coastal city located northwest of Los Angeles. The population was 110,763 at the 2020 United States census.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Mid-size terminal (range $1–2B) | $1.5B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.5× on $200M base | $300M |
| Track: Ventura → Oxnard | 6.0 mi × $500M/mi | $3.0B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $30M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $4.8B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
the Ventura–Downtown/Beach station district (Pacific Surfliner). Ventura's beachfront Amtrak station already serves the Surfliner in the heart of a walkable downtown. The rail corridor along the coast is the only continuous alignment through the city. It captures all of western Ventura County plus coastal tourism demand.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- El Rio — unincorporated community on the Oxnard Plain directly between the two.
- The Vineyard Avenue corridor — agricultural-commercial strip on the alignment.