Memorial Park station
Memorial Park station is a below-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at Holly Street and at the end of Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, California. The station is named after the nearby Memorial Park and is situated on the northern edge of Old Town Pasadena.
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 Memorial Park station platforms | |||||||||||
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| Location | 125 East Holly Street Pasadena, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34.1476°N 118.1479°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | See Connections section | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Below-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 26, 2003 | ||||||||||
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Memorial Park station was built in a trench beneath the Holly Street Village Apartments, which was constructed with the trench in 1994 in anticipation of a light rail station at this site. This station features station art called The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story, created by artist John Valadez.[1]
Memorial Park station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.
It is one of the A Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is heavily used by people coming to see the parade.[2] The station is also located near the Rose Bowl Shuttle which stops at the Parsons Corporation headquarters building and offers service to most events at the stadium. During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from the Rose Bowl.[3]
Service
Station layout
| G | Street level | Entrance/Exit | |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Northbound | ← A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Lake) | ||
| Southbound | A Line toward Long Beach (Del Mar) → | ||
| 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.[4]
Connections
As of June 16, 2023, the following connections are available:[5]
- ArtCenter College of Design Shuttle (students/staff only)[6]
- Foothill Transit: 187, Rose Bowl Shuttle (service to events at Rose Bowl stadium)[7]
- LADOT Commuter Express: 549
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 177, 180, 256, 260, 501 (NoHo-Pasadena Express), 660
- Pasadena Transit: 20, 40, 51, 52
Future
This station will connect with the North Hollywood to Pasadena Transit Corridor, a bus rapid transit line in the Metro Busway network in Los Angeles, California which will connect Pasadena and North Hollywood station.[8]
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
References
- "The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story". Metro Art. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- "Riding Metro on New Year's Day". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- http://la24-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdf/LA2024-canditature-part2_english.pdf Archived October 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- "ArtCenter College of Design Shuttle Route" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- "Rose Bowl Shuttle Service". Foothill Transit. August 28, 2021. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- "That Rapid Bus Line from North Hollywood to Pasadena is Officially Happening". MSN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
