Pacific Coast Highway station (A Line)

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Pacific Coast Hwy
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Train at Pacific Coast Highway station in the 1990s
General information
Location1798 North Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach, California
Coordinates 33°47′24″N118°11′22″W / 33.7899°N 118.1895°W / 33.7899; -118.1895
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilities Racks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990;34 years ago (1990-07-14)
RebuiltJune 1, 2019 [1]
Passengers
FY 20241,600 (avg. wkdy boardings) [2]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Willow Street
toward Azusa
A Line Anaheim Street
Location
Pacific Coast Highway station (A Line)

Pacific Coast Highway station is an at grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. [3] The station is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at its intersection with Pacific Coast Highway, after which the station is named, in Long Beach, California. [4]

Contents

North of this station, A Line trains enter an exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) which allows trains to reach higher speeds between stops.

A J Line station with an identical name is located approximately 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west of this station.

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. [5]

Connections

As of April 9,2023, the following connections are available: [6]

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