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Location | 8615 Graham Avenue Firestone Park, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°57′36″N118°14′36″W / 33.9599°N 118.2432°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 14, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | November 2, 2019 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Graham (Pacific Electric) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2024 | 1,527 (avg. wkdy boardings) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Firestone station is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located between Graham Avenue and the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway), and elevated over the intersection of Firestone Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the unincorporated Los Angeles County community of Firestone Park. [3]
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]
As of April 9,2023 [update] , the following connections are available: [5]
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
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