Azusa Downtown station

Azusa Downtown station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located on Alameda Avenue, a block north of Foothill Boulevard, in Downtown Azusa, after which the station is named.

Azusa Downtown
A Line 
Azusa Downtown station platform
General information
Location780 North Alameda Avenue
Azusa, California
Coordinates 34°08′09″N 117°54′22″W
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsFoothill Transit
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking237 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1887
RebuiltMarch 5, 2016 (2016-03-05)[3]
Previous namesAzusa/Alameda
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Irwindale
toward Long Beach
 A Line APU/Citrus College
Terminus
Former services (at AT&SF station)
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Duarte
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line
Via Pasadena, Pomona
 Glendora
toward Chicago
Location

This station opened on March 5, 2016, as part of Phase 2A of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Project.[3][4]

History

The original train stop in Azusa opened in 1887 by the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. The Gold Line uses the old right of way of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad, which built the first train tracks and 1887 station in Azusa. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was founded in 1883, by James F. Crank with the goal of bringing a rail line to San Gabriel Valley from downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was sold on May 20, 1887 to the California Central Railway. In 1889 this was consolidated into Southern California Railway Company. On January 17, 1906, the Southern California Railway was sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and called the Pasadena Subdivision. Santa Fe, later Amtrak, ran the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind over this line in Azusa, but relocated the Desert Wind to the Fullerton Line in 1986. The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994, when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia and the track was closed until the Gold Line was built. The Santa Fe 1888 Azusa station depot was completely remodeled in 1946.[5][6]

Service

Station layout
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← A Line A Line toward Long Beach (Irwindale)
Eastbound → A Line A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Terminus) →
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.[7]

Connections

As of June 16, 2023, the following connections are available:[8]

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. "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. Nelson, Laura J. (March 5, 2016). "Metro Gold Line extension tests San Gabriel Valley's support for transit". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. Foothill Extension Archived 2010-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.  Metro (LACMTA)
  5. Brightwell, Eric (February 27, 2013). "Exploring the Metro Gold Line's Foothill Extension Phase 2A". KCET. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  6. Photo 1947 Azusa Station, closed
  7. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  8. "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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