1st Street station (Los Angeles Metro)
1st St  | |||||||||||
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 1st Street station platform | |||||||||||
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| Location | 108 North Long Beach Boulevard Long Beach, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°46′06″N 118°11′22″W / 33.7683°N 118.1895°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Paid parking nearby | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Long Beach Bike Share station[1] and racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | September 1, 1990[2] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | |||||||||||
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1st Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at its intersection with 1st Street, after which the station is named, in Long Beach, California.[6] The station is on a loop at the south end of the A Line route and only has southbound service.
During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from venues located at the Long Beach Sports Park including handball at the Long Beach Arena, temporary facilities for BMX and water polo, along with marathon swimming and triathlon in Long Beach harbor.[7]
Service
[edit]Hours and frequency
[edit]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.[8]
Connections
[edit]As of February 20, 2022[update], the following connections are available:[9]
- Long Beach Transit: Passport
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only), 232
Notable places nearby
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Long Beach Bike Share map". Long Beach Bike Share. Retrieved March 3, 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Long Beach Loop". The Los Angeles Times. September 1, 1990. p. B10. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Chen, Anna (August 20, 2014). "A better Blue Line: 30-day closure of four Blue Line stations in Long Beach to begin Sep 20". Metro The Source. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ Chen, Anna (October 17, 2014). "A Better Blue Line: last week of work during Long Beach Loop closure". Metro The Source. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Games Plan". 2028 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "A Line Timetable - Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
External links
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