Memorial Park station

Memorial Park is a below-grade light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at Holly Street and at the end of Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, California. The station is named after the nearby Memorial Park and is situated on the northern edge of Old Town Pasadena.

Memorial Park
 
Train enters the Memorial Park platform, 2005
General information
Location125 E Holly Street
Pasadena, California
Coordinates34.1476°N 118.1479°W / 34.1476; -118.1479
Owned byMetro
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSee Connections section
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedJune 26, 2003 (2003-06-26)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Del Mar
toward Atlantic
 L Line Lake
toward APU/Citrus College
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Del Mar
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Lake
toward APU/Citrus College
Location

Memorial Park station was built in a trench beneath the Holly Street Village Apartments, which was constructed with the trench in 1994 in anticipation of a light rail station at this site. This station features station art called The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story, created by artist John Valadez.[1]

Memorial Park station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project. This station and all the other original and Foothill Extension stations will be part of the A Line upon completion of the Regional Connector project in 2022.

It is one of the L Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is heavily used by people coming to see the parade.[2] The station is also located near the Rose Bowl Shuttle which stops at the Parsons Corporation headquarters building and offers service to most events at the stadium. During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from the Rose Bowl.[3]

Service

Station layout
G Street level Entrance/Exit
Platform Northbound ←  L Line toward APU/Citrus College (Lake)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound →  L Line toward Atlantic (Del Mar) →

Service hours

L Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 AM until 12:15 AM daily.[4]

Connections

Future

This station will connect with North Hollywood-Pasadena Transit Corridor, a bus rapid transit line in the Metro Busway network in Los Angeles, California which will connect Pasadena and the North Hollywood Metro Station.[7]

Nearby landmarks

See also

References
  1. "The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story". Metro Art. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. "Riding Metro on New Year's Day". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  3. http://la24-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdf/LA2024-canditature-part2_english.pdf
  4. "L Line Schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 27, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  5. "Rose Bowl Shuttle Service". Foothill Transit. August 28, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  6. "ArtCenter College of Design Shuttle Route" (PDF). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  7. "That Rapid Bus Line from North Hollywood to Pasadena is Officially Happening". MSN.


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