Long Beach Boulevard station

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Long Beach Boulevard station platform
General information
Location11508 Long Beach Boulevard
Lynwood, California
Coordinates 33°55′30″N118°12′36″W / 33.9249°N 118.2100°W / 33.9249; -118.2100
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeFreeway median, elevated
Parking635 spaces [1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedAugust 12, 1995 (1995-08-12)
Previous namesLong Beach Blvd/I-105
Passengers
FY 20241,370 (avg. wkdy boardings) [2]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Willowbrook/​Rosa Parks C Line Lakewood Boulevard
toward Norwalk
Former services (as Lynnwood)
Preceding station PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric Following station
Modjeska Park Santa Ana Lugo
Location
Long Beach Boulevard station

Long Beach Boulevard station is a elevated light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), above Long Beach Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Lynwood, California.

Contents

The station is not named for the city of Long Beach, which is located several miles south of this station, and is served by A Line. The original name for the station was Long Beach Blvd/I-105, but was later changed to Long Beach Boulevard.

In January 2025, chair Janice Hahn, along with directors Hilda L. Solis, Fernando Dutra, and Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, on behalf of the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, requested that the station should be renamed to "Lynwood" station, to prevent confusion with the name of the A Line station down in Long Beach. [3]

History

The Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot at its original location in 1933 Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot.png
The Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot at its original location in 1933

Prior to the establishment of service on Metro Green Line, the location served as Lynwood depot, a station on the Pacific Electric's Santa Ana Line serving the West Santa Ana Branch. At some point after service was discontinued,[ when? ] the small mission revival station building was relocated to Lynwood Park to make way for the Century Freeway, where it still stands to this day. The 1917 depot, one of only several in the area which survived the devastating 1933 Long Beach earthquake, has been registered as a historic American building by the Historic American Buildings Survey. [4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Service

Hours and frequency

C Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 12 minutes throughout the day. Night and early morning weekend service is every 20 minutes. [5]

Connections

As of January 5,2025, the following connections are available: [6]

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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. numble on X: "4 LA Metro directors request Metro rename C Line “Long Beach Blvd” station to “Lynwood” station. They say new name would reflect city that station is in, and reduce confusion for riders."
  4. "Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. "C Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  6. "C Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 5, 2025. p. 2. Retrieved January 13, 2025.

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