El Monte station (Metrolink)
Appearance
El Monte | |||||||||||
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Metrolink commuter rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 10925 Railroad Street El Monte, California United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°04′36″N 118°02′08″W / 34.0768°N 118.0356°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | City of El Monte | ||||||||||
Line(s) | SCRRA San Gabriel Subdivision[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | October 26, 1992[2] | ||||||||||
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El Monte station is a railway station on the San Bernardino Line in El Monte, California. It is at 10925 Railroad Street between Santa Anita and Tyler Avenues north of Valley Boulevard. It has 235 free parking spaces. The station is owned by the City of El Monte.
Platforms and tracks
Bypass tracks | ■ Freight line | No passenger service |
■ Freight Line/Amtrak | Amtrak Sunset Limited toward Los Angeles Union Station (westbound) and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (eastbound)
Amtrak Texas Eagle toward Los Angeles Union Station (westbound) and Chicago Union Station (eastbound) |
Westbound | ■ San Bernardino Line | toward L.A. Union Station (Cal State LA) |
■ San Bernardino Line | toward San Bernardino-Downtown (Baldwin Park) |
Connecting services
- Foothill Transit provides connecting service to the station on route 492, which stops on Santa Anita Ave.
- Metro route 268 serves the station.
- Five bus routes operated by the city of El Monte serves the station (formerly known as 'the El Monte Trolley Company').[3]
- A Commuter Shuttle service for the employment centers in the area is operated by the city of El Monte.[3]
Metro buses and rail service run 7 days a week. The El Monte Trolley runs Mon-Sat, while Foothill's 268 and the El Monte Commuter Shuttles runs Mon-Fri.
References
- ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
- ^ Stein, Mark A. (October 27, 1992). "Rail Commuter Era Beings in L.A." Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 23. Retrieved July 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Transportation Division". City of El Monte. Archived from the original on 2015-07-24.
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