Willow Street station

Willow Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located adjacent to Long Beach Boulevard its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California.[4]

Not to be confused with Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station.
Willow St
A Line 
Willow Street station platform
General information
Location2750 American Avenue
Long Beach, California
Coordinates 33.807255°N 118.189999°W / 33.807255; -118.189999
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking904 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990 (1990-07-14)
RebuiltJune 1, 2019[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Pacific Coast Highway
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Wardlow
toward 7th Street/Metro Center
Former services
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Morgan Avenue
Terminus
 Long Beach Vista del Mar
towards Pacific Electric Building
Burnett
towards Balboa
 Balboa
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Pacific Coast Highway
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Wardlow
toward APU/Citrus College
Location

South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) and start their street running portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard.

Willow is a park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility)[1] and 10 bike lockers. The Willow Street and Wardlow stations, both in Wrigley, are the two A Line stations closest to the Long Beach Municipal Airport.

History

The station is on the site of a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway, where the Balboa Line split from the Long Beach Line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.

Service

Station layout
Northbound ← A Line A Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Wardlow)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound → A Line A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Pacific Coast Highway) →

Hours and frequency

A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 8 a.m. (with a 15/20-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.[5]

Connections

As of April 9, 2023, the following connections are available:[6]

Notable places nearby

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. "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  4. "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  5. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  6. "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

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