Allen station
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| Other names | Allen/College | ||||||||||||
| Location | 395 North Allen Avenue Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°09′06″N 118°06′48″W / 34.1518°N 118.1132°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Freeway median, elevated | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 26, 2003 | ||||||||||||
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| FY 2024 | 682 (avg. wkdy boardings)[1] | ||||||||||||
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Allen station is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway), above North Allen Avenue, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The light rail station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.
The station is also signed as Allen/College, for the nearby Pasadena City College, which operates shuttles between the station and its campuses.[2]
It is one of the A Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is used by people coming to see the parade.[3]
This station features an architectural design called Rider's Dream, created by artist Michael Amescua.[4]
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.[5]
Connections
[edit]As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[6]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 686
- Pasadena Transit: 10, 40
- Pasadena City College Shuttle (students/staff only)[7]
Notable places nearby
[edit]The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- California Institute of Technology
- Pasadena City College main campus
- Pasadena Conservatory of Music
References
[edit]- ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
- ^ "Transportation – Business and Administrative Services – Pasadena City College". pasadena.edu. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Riding Metro on New Year's Day Archived December 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Allen Station – Slideshow". www.metro.net. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "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. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ "Pasadena City College Shuttle". Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
External links
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