Heritage Square station

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Heritage Sq
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Heritage Square station platforms, September 2023 02.jpg
Heritage Square station platforms
General information
Location3545 Pasadena Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°05′14″N118°12′45″W / 34.0871°N 118.2126°W / 34.0871; -118.2126
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking129 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities Racks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 26, 2003;20 years ago (2003-07-26)
Previous names
  • French
  • Heritage Square/Arroyo
  • Heritage Square/The Arroyo
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Southwest Museum A Line Lincoln/Cypress
toward Long Beach
Former services (at AT&SF station)
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Lincoln Heights
toward Los Angeles
Main Line Sycamore Grove
toward Chicago
Location
Heritage Square station

Heritage Square station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of French Avenue and Pasadena Avenue in the western Montecito Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. [2]

Contents

The station is named after the nearby Heritage Square Museum and is located in the lower Arroyo Seco valley between the San Rafael Hills and Mount Washington. It is adjacent to the Arroyo Seco Parkway (also known as California State Route 110 and the Pasadena Freeway).

Heritage Square station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.

Service

Station layout

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound LACMTA Circle A Line.svg A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Southwest Museum)
Southbound LACMTA Circle A Line.svg A Line toward Long Beach (Lincoln/Cypress)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Hours and frequency

A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Trains operate every 10 minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends. Evening service (after 7 p.m.) is every 20 minutes. [3]

Former station names

During the construction and planning stages, Heritage Square station was originally planned to be named French station, after nearby French Avenue. It was one of three stations to be renamed shortly before the line's opening. It was then renamed to Heritage Square/Arroyo (also signed as Heritage Square/The Arroyo) for the nearby Heritage Square Museum complex and the Arroyo Seco creek and canyon. Metro now refers to the station by the shorter Heritage Square.

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References

  1. "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. "Gold Line station information". Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.

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