Lake station (Los Angeles Metro)

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Lake
LACMTA Circle A Line.svg  
Lake LA Metro exterior 2016.jpg
Exterior of the station in 2016
General information
Location340 North Lake Avenue
Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°09′07″N118°07′57″W / 34.1519°N 118.1324°W / 34.1519; -118.1324
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeFreeway median, below-grade
Parking22 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities Racks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 26, 2003 (2003-07-26)
Passengers
FY 20241,006 (avg. wkdy boardings) [2]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Memorial Park
toward Long Beach
A Line
Allen
toward Azusa
Former services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Memorial Park
toward Atlantic
L Line Allen
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
at AT&SF station
Pasadena
toward Los Angeles
Main Line Lamanda Park
toward Chicago
Location
Lake station (Los Angeles Metro)

Lake station is a below-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway), below North Lake Avenue, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The light rail station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.

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It is one of the A Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is used by people coming to see the parade on New Year's Day. [3]

This station features station art called Everyday People, created by artist Pat Ward Williams. This station has a parking lot with 22 paid reserved spaces.

Service

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 spring 2024, the following connections are available: [5]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

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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. "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  3. Riding Metro on New Year's Day Archived December 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  4. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  5. "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 17, 2023.

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