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Memorial_Park_station Latitude and Longitude:

34°08′51″N 118°08′52″W / 34.1476°N 118.1479°W / 34.1476; -118.1479
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Memorial Park
A Line 
Memorial Park station platforms in 2023
General information
Location125 East Holly Street
Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°08′51″N 118°08′52″W / 34.1476°N 118.1479°W / 34.1476; -118.1479
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSee Connections section
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
Bicycle facilities Racks and lockers
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 26, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-06-26)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Lake A Line Del Mar
toward Long Beach
Location
View towards the 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.

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 A Line toward APU/Citrus College ( Lake)
Southbound A Line A Line toward Long Beach ( Del Mar)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

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 through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [4]

Connections

As of spring 2024, the following connections are available: [5]

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, and is scheduled to open in 2027. [9]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

References

  1. ^ "The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story". Metro Art. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ http://la24-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdf/LA2024-canditature-part2_english.pdf Archived October 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine[ bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  6. ^ https://www.amtrak.com/stations/pas
  7. ^ "ArtCenter College of Design Shuttle Route" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  8. ^ "Rose Bowl Shuttle Service". Foothill Transit. August 28, 2021. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "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.