Willow Street station

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Willow St
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Willow Street station platform
General information
Location2750 American Avenue
Long Beach, California
Coordinates 33°48′26″N118°11′24″W / 33.807255°N 118.189999°W / 33.807255; -118.189999
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking904 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities Racks and lockers [2]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990;34 years ago (1990-07-14)
RebuiltJune 1, 2019 [3]
Passengers
FY 20241,721 (avg. wkdy boardings) [4]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Wardlow
toward Azusa
A Line Pacific Coast Highway
Former services
Preceding station PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric Following station
Morgan Avenue
Terminus
Long Beach Vista del Mar
Burnett
towards Balboa
Balboa
Location
Willow Street station

Willow Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located adjacent to Long Beach Boulevard its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California. [5]

Contents

South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) and start their street running portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard.

Willow is a park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility) [1] and 10 bike lockers. The Willow Street and Wardlow stations, both in Wrigley, are the two A Line stations closest to the Long Beach Municipal Airport.

History

The station is on the site of a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway, where the Balboa Line split from the Long Beach Line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.

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. [6]

Connections

As of April 9,2023, the following connections are available: [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV . City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  4. "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  5. "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro . Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  6. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  7. "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

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