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'''Willow Street station''' is an at-grade [[light rail]] station on the [[A Line (Los Angeles Metro)|A Line]] of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] system. The station is located adjacent to [[Long Beach Boulevard (California)|Long Beach Boulevard]] |
'''Willow Street station''' is an at-grade [[light rail]] station on the [[A Line (Los Angeles Metro)|A Line]] of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] system. The station is located adjacent to [[Long Beach Boulevard (California)|Long Beach Boulevard]] its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the [[Wrigley, Long Beach|Wrigley]] neighborhood of [[Long Beach, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Blue Line Connections |url=http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/blue_all.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225095318/http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/blue_all.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]]}}</ref> |
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South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive [[Right-of-way (railroad)|right-of-way]] (the historic route of the [[Pacific Electric Railway]]) and start their [[Street running train|street running]] portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard. |
South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive [[Right-of-way (railroad)|right-of-way]] (the historic route of the [[Pacific Electric Railway]]) and start their [[Street running train|street running]] portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard. |
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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 | Metro | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 904 spaces | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 1, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Anaheim | ||||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
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)[3] 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
Template:LACMTA Platform Layout A Line Surface
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 to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[4]
Connections
As of February 20, 2022[update], the following connections are available:[5][6]
- Long Beach Transit: 51, 101, 103, 104, 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
- ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "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. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ "Route 405". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
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