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.
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Location | 11508 Long Beach Boulevard Lynwood, California | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33.9249°N 118.2100°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Freeway median, elevated | ||||||||||||
Parking | 635 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Opened | August 12, 1995 | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Long Beach Blvd/I-105 | ||||||||||||
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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.
History
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, 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.[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Service
Station layout
Platform | Westbound | ← C Line toward Redondo Beach (Willowbrook/Rosa Parks) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | C Line toward Norwalk (Lakewood Boulevard) → | |
G | Street level | Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines, park and ride |
Hours and frequency
C Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. daily. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every 15 minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends. Night service is every 20 minutes.[3]
Connections
As of February 20, 2022, the following connections are available:[4]
References
- "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- "Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- "Metro C Line schedule". June 27, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- "C Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
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