Arcadia station

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Arcadia
L Line 
Arcadia Station 1.jpg
Location73 E Santa Clara St
Arcadia, California
Coordinates34°08′33″N 118°01′44″W / 34.1425°N 118.0288°W / 34.1425; -118.0288Coordinates: 34°08′33″N 118°01′44″W / 34.1425°N 118.0288°W / 34.1425; -118.0288
Owned byMetro
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking300 spaces[2]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[1]
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1885
Closed1951
RebuiltMarch 5, 2016; 5 years ago (2016-03-05)[3]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Sierra Madre Villa
toward Atlantic
 L Line Monrovia
toward APU/Citrus College
Future service
Sierra Madre Villa
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Monrovia
toward APU/Citrus College
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line
Pasadena Subdivision
 Monrovia
toward Chicago
Preceding station PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric Following station
towards Pacific Electric Building
 Monrovia–Glendora
towards
Location

Arcadia is an at-grade light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of 1st Avenue and Santa Clara Street in Arcadia, California, after which the station is named.

This station opened on March 5, 2016, as part of Phase 2A of the Gold Line Foothill Extension project.[3][4] This station and all the other original Gold Line and Foothill Extension stations will be part of the A Line upon completion of the Regional Connector project in 2022.

An overpass bridge was constructed over Santa Anita Avenue near the station.

History[]

Former bridge[]

In Arcadia, a steel railroad bridge transitioned the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between the I-210 and street grade. This bridge, between Baldwin and Santa Anita, was deemed unsafe following the 1994 Northridge earthquake and removed by Caltrans. The Phase 2A project constructed the "Iconic Freeway Structure or Gold Line Bridge" (IFS), as the replacement bridge. Designed by Minnesota artist Andrew Leicester, the bridge was unveiled in December 2012. Leicester's design was chosen from 17 others in a competitive process. The artist worked with L.A. design consultant AECOM as well as the bridge's builder, Skanska USA, on the final design and construction. The woven-basket look of the bridge's support columns emulate the woven baskets of the native Chumash people of the San Gabriel Valley while the underside of the bridge evokes a Western diamondback rattlesnake.[5][6]

Former service[]

1887 Arcadia Santa Fe Station in 1900, relocated in the 1970s to the Fairplex.

Arcadia train station was added two years after the original the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad opened in 1885. The 1887 station was a Queen Anne-style passenger depot on First Avenue. The passenger station was decommissioned in 1951 and relocated in 1970 to the Fairplex, RailGiants Train Museum that is located inside the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona.[7] The rail line was operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (Santa Fe), and served Amtrak's Southwest Chief and Desert Wind, although the latter never stopped at Arcadia. The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994, when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia. After the line was decommissioned in 1994, Arcadia became the destination for Metrolink's Rose Bowl train on New Year's Day.[citation needed] In 1996, a Sprinter was run from Arcadia to Monrovia.[citation needed] For an unknown period of time, the station was the home of a private railcar called the Pine Bluff until its purchase in the mid-2000s.[citation needed]

Arcadia train station should not be confused with the Lucky Baldwin's Santa Anita Depot that was a freight depot at Santa Anita Avenue and Colorado Boulevard and moved to the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in 1970.

The station was formally dedicated in a ceremony held on August 22, 2015. Regular light rail service to the station began on March 5, 2016.[8]

Service[]

Station layout[]

Northbound ←  L Line toward APU/Citrus College (Monrovia)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound →  L Line toward Atlantic (Sierra Madre Villa) →

Service hours[]

L Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 AM until 12:15 AM daily.[9]

Connections[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Nelson, Laura J. (March 5, 2016). "Metro Gold Line extension tests San Gabriel Valley's support for transit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ Foothill Extension.  Metro (LACMTA)
  5. ^ David Ng (December 12, 2012), Artist to unveil Metro Gold Line bridge design in Arcadia Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ "Art of the Journey, The Foothill Gold Line" (PDF). Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  7. ^ Santa Fe Station, Arcadia CA, circa 1887. Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Southern California Chapter.
  8. ^ "Arcadia Station dedicated on Foothills Gold Line". Trains Magazine. August 24, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  9. ^ "L Line Schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 27, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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