Irwindale station

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Irwindale
L Line 
Irwindale Station.jpg
A test train in early 2016
Location16017 Avenida Padilla
Irwindale, California
Coordinates34°07′44″N 117°56′01″W / 34.1290°N 117.9336°W / 34.1290; -117.9336Coordinates: 34°07′44″N 117°56′01″W / 34.1290°N 117.9336°W / 34.1290; -117.9336
Owned byMetro
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsFoothill Transit
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking350 spaces[2]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[1]
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1887
RebuiltMarch 5, 2016; 5 years ago (2016-03-05)[3]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Duarte/City of Hope
toward Atlantic
 L Line Azusa Downtown
toward APU/Citrus College
Future services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Duarte/City of Hope
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Azusa Downtown
toward APU/Citrus College
Location

Irwindale 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 Irwindale Street and Avenida Padilla in Irwindale, 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.

History[]

The original train track through Irwindale were built by the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. The L line uses the old right of way of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad who built the first train tracks through Irwindale in 1887. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was founded in 1883, by James F. Crank with the goal of bringing a rail line to San Gabriel Valley from downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was sold on May 20, 1887 into the California Central Railway. In 1889 the rail line was consolidated into Southern California Railway Company. On Jan. 17, 1906 Southern California Railway was sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and called the Pasadena Subdivision. Amtrak-Santa Fe ran the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind over this line through Irwindale, but relocated the Desert Wind to the Fullerton Line in 1986. The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994, when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia and the track was closed until the Gold line was built. The rail line crosses the San Gabriel River on a long girder bridge, then passes through the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area (how it received its name). The rail line intersected the north end of the former SP Azusa Industrial Track at Irwindale (MP 118.2). Irwindale had a 6,165 foot rail siding that passed the Miller Brewing Company's Irwindale brewery. From there the tracks continued and crossed beneath Irwindale Avenue.[5][6][7]

Service[]

Station layout[]

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ←  L Line toward APU/Citrus College (Azusa Downtown)
Southbound →  L Line toward Atlantic (Duarte/City of Hope) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Service hours[]

L Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 AM until 12:15 AM daily.[8]

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. ^ KCET, Exploring the Metro Gold Line's Foothill Extension Phase 2A, by Eric Brightwell, February 27, 2013
  6. ^ RailGiants Train Museum located inside the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds
  7. ^ Santa Fe Pasadena line
  8. ^ "L Line Schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 27, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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