Mariachi Plaza station
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 Mariachi Plaza station platform | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 1831 East 1st Street Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°02′50″N 118°13′11″W / 34.0473°N 118.2198°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Los Angeles Metro Bus | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers[1] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 15, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Mariachi Plaza/Boyle Heights | ||||||||||||
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Mariachi Plaza station is an underground light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under 1st Street at its at the intersection of Boyle Avenue, with the main exit located at Mariachi Plaza, after which the station is named. The plaza is the historic gateway to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.[2] This station opened in 2009 as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension and was one of two underground stations on the Eastside Extension (the other being Soto). This station and all the other Eastside Extension stations will be part of the E Line upon completion of the Regional Connector project in 2023.
Until 1963, the Los Angeles Railway's P Line yellow streetcars operated on the surface of 1st Street, including a stop near this station.[3]
Service
Station layout
This station is one of two underground stations on the Eastside portion of the L Line (the other being Soto). There are two levels underground: a mezzanine with ticket machines and gates, and below that, an island platform with two tracks. There is one entrance to the station at the intersection of 1st Street and Boyle Avenue, at the namesake Mariachi Plaza.
Template:LACMTA Platform Layout L Line Underground
Hours and frequency
Connections
As of February 20, 2022[update], the following connections are available:[4]
Nearby attractions
References
- ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension (Wayback Machine)" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ H.P. Noordwal (1938). "Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes" (Map). Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Los Angeles Railway. "Alternate link" (Map). via Google.
- ^ "L Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
External links
Media related to Mariachi Plaza (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
