Ventura station is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) evenly spaced throughout the day.

[5] Metrolink’s Ventura County Line terminus is in Montalvo at the Ventura–East station since overnight storage of trains in the downtown area was impractical.

and Orpha Foster donated much of the land for Seaside Park (home of the Ventura County Fair) adjacent to the station.

A car carrier trailer leaving the fairgrounds with vintage Porsche automobiles "high-centered" as it crossed the tracks near the station and became stranded in 2004.

The promenade is a walking/bike trail that leads down coast to San Buenaventura State Beach after passing underneath the second oldest pier in California.

Up coast the path leads to Emma Wood State Beach and has been designated the Omer Rains Bike Trail.