Lake station (Los Angeles Metro)
Lake station is a below-grade light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway), below North Lake 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. This station and all the other original and Foothill Extension stations will be part of the A Line upon completion of the Regional Connector project in 2023.
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| Location | 340 North Lake Avenue Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34.1519°N 118.1324°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Freeway median, below-grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 22 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 26, 2003 | ||||||||||||
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It is one of the Gold Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is used by people coming to see the parade on New Year's Day.[2]
This station features station art called Everyday People, created by artist Pat Ward Williams. This station has a parking lot with 22 paid reserved spaces.
Service
Station layout
| G | Street level | Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines |
| Platform level | Northbound | ← L Line toward APU/Citrus College (Allen) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Southbound | L Line toward Atlantic (Memorial Park) → | |
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.[3]
Connections
As of February 20, 2022, the following connections are available:[4]
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Pasadena Playhouse District
References
- "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Riding Metro on New Year's Day Archived 2016-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-09-21.
- "Metro L Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 27, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- "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.
External links
Media related to Lake (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
