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 Willow Street station platform | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2750 American Avenue Long Beach, California | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°48′26″N 118°11′24″W / 33.807255°N 118.189999°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 904 spaces [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 1, 2019 [3] | ||||||||||||||||
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Willow Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located adjacent to Long Beach Boulevard its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California. [4]
South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) and start their street running portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard.
Willow is a park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility) [1] and 10 bike lockers. The Willow Street and Wardlow stations, both in Wrigley, are the two A Line stations closest to the Long Beach Municipal Airport.
History
The station is on the site of a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway, where the Balboa Line split from the Long Beach Line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.
Service
Station layout
| Northbound | ←
A Line toward
APU/Citrus College (
Wardlow)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound |
A Line toward
Downtown Long Beach (
Pacific Coast Highway) →
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Hours and frequency
A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [5]
Connections
As of April 9, 2023 [update], the following connections are available: [6]
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Long Beach Transit:
51,
101,
102,
103,
104 (to
Long Beach Airport),
405 (weekday express service to
UCLA) - Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only)
Notable places nearby
- Wrigley Marketplace shopping center
- Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
- Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
- Veterans Park
- Sunnyside Cemetery & Long Beach Cemetery (these adjacent cemeteries on Willow St. date from before 1900).
References
- ^ a b "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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Willow Street station platform | |||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | 2750 American Avenue Long Beach, California | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°48′26″N 118°11′24″W / 33.807255°N 118.189999°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections | |||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 904 spaces [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 1, 2019 [3] | ||||||||||||||||
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Willow Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located adjacent to Long Beach Boulevard its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California. [4]
South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) and start their street running portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard.
Willow is a park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility) [1] and 10 bike lockers. The Willow Street and Wardlow stations, both in Wrigley, are the two A Line stations closest to the Long Beach Municipal Airport.
History
The station is on the site of a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway, where the Balboa Line split from the Long Beach Line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.
Service
Station layout
| Northbound | ←
A Line toward
APU/Citrus College (
Wardlow)
|
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound |
A Line toward
Downtown Long Beach (
Pacific Coast Highway) →
|
Hours and frequency
A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [5]
Connections
As of April 9, 2023 [update], the following connections are available: [6]
-
Long Beach Transit:
51,
101,
102,
103,
104 (to
Long Beach Airport),
405 (weekday express service to
UCLA)
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only)
Notable places nearby
- Wrigley Marketplace shopping center
- Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
- Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
- Veterans Park
- Sunnyside Cemetery & Long Beach Cemetery (these adjacent cemeteries on Willow St. date from before 1900).
References
- ^ a b "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
Media related to
Willow (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
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| This California train station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
| This Los Angeles County, California–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
| This article relating to the Los Angeles Metro Rail is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |