Camarillo Metrolink Train Station

Amazing public transportation system. Why there needs to be a cost/​time ratio on the front page of the website speaks to the culture of LA and Southern California. Why do we need to be convinced? This is great.

This is just a platform with a ticket machine… Super inconvenient if your train stops on the opposite side of the tracks on the way home…
There is only a set of stairs on 1 side of the platform. So, you end up walking on this extensive walkway right next to the freeway for quite a while. I bring my daughter with me on the train from time to time… The walk is too long for her especially at 7:45pm. They need to build a better walkway or at least a set of stairs on BOTH sides of the platform.

Before today, I would have given Amtrak a 5. The trains are cclean, the attendants are kind and helpful and it is a very enjoyable ride from Camarillo to San Diego.
Today they crossed me.
So the Camarillo station, nothing spectacular… Its a 3. Very simply its a concrete slab with train tracks going through it next to Lewis road. Easy to get to from my house, no amenities, other than the Tony’s pizza across the street, you use it to get on the train, simple as that…
So today was a ringer… Im waiting to get on the 784 @ 308 and the train is late… its always late… I check the android app, it says its late 17 minutes… big deal…
30 minutes later, its still not here… and the app says 17 minutes late… ok, maybe the logic is lagging or something… An HOUR later (4pm) its still not here, and the app still says its 17 minutes late which is roughly 40 minutes ago).
So I call Amtrak and get the automated status, which states the train was last seen in Carpenteria at 339… That’s 40 minutes away… so 339 + 40 minutes gets it to camarillo around 4:20… Nope… So at 4:45 I call Amtrak and WAIT through their incessant hold music to talk to a human… I explain where I am, what time it is, and that there are 20 people here waiting for the 784. She says hmm, that’s odd whats going on and puts me on hold for 15 minutes.
She comes back and says «that train isn’t in service today» and the 790 will pick you up… The 790 doesn’t hit camarillo I tell her… She says it will tonight…
WTF… With the app, the phone computer robot, a real person, and all the email notifications it claims to to use (which they don’t), they can’t get their crap together… So… Its now 508, im waiting for the 790 and I hope it stops…
I HATE writing these 1’s… I don’t do them often but there are times where the system just breaks down and apparently nobody cares.

This is really just a platform with a ticket machine. There is plenty of parking and its lite. But that is about it. If you are going South bound you need to walk over the tracks via the walkaway.

Had to put my 82 year old Dad on the train for a round trip into LA. A worker named Kirk was extremely kind and helpful. He made sure my dad got off at the right stop and remembered him the next day and made sure he got back!
Thank you!

This has to be the most retarded station in California. Everything with this place wrong… no monitors to show the arrival and departure times or on which platform the train arrives… and then we have the BRIDGE! Holy cow who was the idiot designing that «thing» Talk about a walk up golgotha…

This works for me travelling Camarillo to LAX, PM Surf liner then the Flyway’s bus at union station to LAX. Be early for the trip, buy your ticket on line or pay the conductor on the train. The ticket machines are unreliable on the platform there. Beats the bus shuttle services from this area to LAX, just read some of the reviews on them ! Train travel in Australia is very convenient and popular, easy to navigate your system here in Cal.

Still 2 stars.
I was almost ready to bump it up to 3 because it’s been on time getting me «home» for several evenings in a row. But then they, without notice or any sign of near-​future resolution, ripped up and blocked off 1 of only 2 entrance/​exits so now there’s a traffic jam getting out of the parking lot in the evening.
All 15 to 20 of us who commute from Camarillo to L.A., plus a couple of near-​empty buses and shuttles, are trying to get out of the parking lot at the exact same time. POUR THE DAMN CONCRETE already and reopen the lanes!!!
The end.

Nice and clean… close to my hotel and train was on time, limited seating, not much shade… I was a little confused by the ticket machine, other than that it was ok.

Compared to my normal San Diego Train station, this station is your standard «meh» station. Completely outdoors wih few benches to sit on. Try not to get to your train too early to avoid sweating in the sun.

Don’t be late… train only stopped for 5 mins and away we went.

At the Camarillo, CA station, there is a real problem. There is a huge communication problem — knowing which track the train will be arriving at. We have missed trains because it takes 10 minutes to get to the other side either over the pedestrian bridge or by car. We have seen others miss trains as well. We have met arriving passengers, who arrive at the other side, and we have to have them wait 10 minutes until we can get to the other side with the car. We have seen trains use either the track off of Mission Oaks or the Lewis Road side. If anyone knows the secret, please tell us!

Took the train from Camarillo to Santa Barbara. Nice day trip. The station is a little sparse and void of directions especially if you’re new to train travel. No restroom either but that’s only a problem if your train is really late, I guess!

It is a small station, with no roof except for the 101 — bridge that goes on the top of the track.
My major complaint is that the automatic ticket machine is very weird. I tried to take a ticket the night before my travel, when I swiped my credit card it said that it is unable to process my card. So I used a cash to get the ticket. It gave me the change and a voucher (at first I thought it is a ticket). I had to go to Oxnard station to get the ticket (used the same voucher).
But to my surprise when I see my credit card statement, I see a transaction for the ticket amount. Looks like the ticket vending machines are faulty, I had a hell amount of time in dealing with Amtrak to get refund for the credit card transaction.
I enjoyed train journey very much, But next time I will not use ticket vending machine at Camarillo Station.

What? 1, 2 and 4 stars already… well here’s my 3 :)
It wasn’t bad… I am just really good at entertaining myself. It would of been even better if there were two equally gooftards killing time. Anyways, it is plain and there’s no restrooms which is bunk… but I did like the horse décor theme. I walked up and across the bridge above… even practice my jumps, (see pic) I say, «jump jump, lar lar will make you jump jump,» (repeat) lol. An old man and his wifey biked over to me and he made up some random convo… about the bridge being an over-​hang which is nice but noisey lol. I smiled, nodded my head and then the wifey was like lets go LOL. Well, he was a nice old man… biking around. it impressed me.
And to the guy who was tripping about no place to sit… duh cop a squat in yo ride foo lol. This station wasn’t dirty but then again I was here really early in the AM… so maybe during the day its different.
Over-all.this place wasn’t bad. Just a decent spot to wait for choo choo to arrive :) If you get really bored, suggest bringing your i-​pod or read a book.

Who designed this? Yes, it looks «cute» with the old school type lights and what not, but what about when it rains? Oops! How about some coverage from the elements? Oops! WTF?! You’d think a station that is heavily used to by commuters from Camarillo would want a decent place to sit while they wait for the train instead of waiting by the side of the tracks and facing the elements. Oh, I’m sorry, there is one small spot, but seriously, we need to step it up. Oxnard has a better train station we do.

The redesigned Camarillo train station is actually nice. It’s located in Old Town Camarillo which has received a face lift. Old Town Camarillo is the same old boring Camarillo, but with a face lift (think of the women in Thousand Oaks). This station is near some food and Palermo’s coffee. I love Palermo’s. This station has ample parking and free overnight parking. I have taken both Metrolink and Amtrak from this station.
**Take the Metrolink to BUR (LAX too but I loathe LAX)!!! There’s a BUR stop on the Metrolink!