Pacific Coast Highway station (A Line)
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Pacific Coast Hwy  | |||||||||||
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 Train at Pacific Coast Highway station in the 1990s | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1798 North Long Beach Boulevard Long Beach, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°47′24″N 118°11′22″W / 33.7899°N 118.1895°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 1, 2019[1] | ||||||||||
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Pacific Coast Highway station is an at grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.[2] The station is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at its intersection with Pacific Coast Highway, after which the station is named, in Long Beach, California.[3]
North of this station, A Line trains enter an exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) which allows trains to reach higher speeds between stops.
A J Line station with an identical name is located approximately 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west of this station.
Service
[edit]Station layout
[edit]| Northbound | ← A Line toward Azusa (Willow Street)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound | A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Anaheim Street) →
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Hours and frequency
[edit]A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[4]
Connections
[edit]As of April 9, 2023[update], the following connections are available:[5]
- Long Beach Transit: 51, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only)
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Blue Line station information" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "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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