Duarte/City of Hope station

Duarte/City of Hope station 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 Duarte Road and Highland Avenue in Duarte, California, after which the station is named, along with the City of Hope National Medical Center located across the street from the station.

Duarte/City of Hope
L Line 
Duarte/City of Hope station platform
General information
Location1789 Business Center Drive
Duarte, California
Coordinates 34.1326°N 117.9680°W / 34.1326; -117.9680
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsFoothill Transit
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking125 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1886 (1886)
RebuiltMarch 5, 2016 (2016-03-05)[3]
Previous namesDuarte
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Monrovia
toward Atlantic
 L Line Irwindale
toward APU/Citrus College
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Monrovia
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Irwindale
toward APU/Citrus College
Location

This station opened on March 5, 2016, as part of Phase 2A of the 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 2023.

History
The Duarte train depot built by the California Central Railway in 1897 and sold to Santa Fe in 1907.

The 1886 Duarte train station was the terminal station for the original trains for the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. The Metro L Line uses the old right of way of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad who built the first train tracks and 1886 station in Duarte. 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. The California Central Railway built a Duarte train depot in 1897. In 1889 the rail line and station was consolidated into Southern California Railway Company. On January 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 in Duarte, 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 L Line (formerly the Gold line) was built.[5][6][7]

Service

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

Hours and frequency

L Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. daily. Monday through Friday, trains on the L Line operate every 10 minutes during peak hours, every 12 minutes during the midday hours, and every 20 minutes into the evening. During the weekends, trains operate every 12 minutes most of the day, but every 20 minutes in the early morning and evening hours.[8]

Connections

As of February 20, 2022, the following connections are available:[9]

References
  1. "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. Nelson, Laura J. (March 5, 2016). "Metro Gold Line extension tests San Gabriel Valley's support for transit". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. Foothill Extension Archived 2010-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.  Metro (LACMTA)
  5. "KCET, Exploring the Metro Gold Line's Foothill Extension Phase 2A, by Eric Brightwell, February 27, 2013". Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  6. "RailGiants Train Museum located inside the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds". Archived from the original on 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  7. "Duarte Plans for More Residential Around its Gold Line Station". Urbanize LA. 2019-03-21. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  8. "Metro L Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 27, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  9. "L Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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