Pico (Los Angeles Metro station)
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| City | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neighborhood | Downtown: South Park, Convention District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Address | 1236 South Flower Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°02′25″N 118°16′00″W / 34.0402°N 118.2667°WCoordinates: 34°02′25″N 118°16′00″W / 34.0402°N 118.2667°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Metro Rail |  Blue Line |
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| Metro Liner BRT |  Silver Line |
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| Future |  Expo Line |
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| Entrance(s) | N of Pico/Flower NE corner S of 12th/Flower SE corner |
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| Fare Gates | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Parking | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle Facilities | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Owned by |  Metro (LACMTA) |
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| Status | in service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pico Station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located in the South Park neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles, on Flower Street just north of Pico Boulevard. The station is served by the Blue Line, & the Silver Line. This station will also be served by the Expo Line when it opens in May 2012.[1]
The full (official) station name is Pico/Chick Hearn. This name memorializes sportscaster Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (1916–2002), longtime play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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[edit] Service
[edit] Metro Rail service
Blue Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[2]
Expo Line service to this station is anticipated to begin in May 2012.
[edit] Metro Liner BRT service
Connection to Silver Line is located at Figueroa St. & Pico Blvd. Silver Line service hours are approximately from 4:15 AM until 1:45 AM Monday- Friday & 5:00 A.M.- 1:45 A.M. Saturdays/ Sundays & Holidays.
[edit] Bus connections
[edit] Metro bus
- Metro Local: 30, 81
- Metro Rapid: 730
- Metro Express: 439, 445, 460
[edit] Other local and commuter bus
- LADOT DASH: DD (weekends only), F (weekends only)
- LADOT Commuter Express: 419*, 422*, 423*, 438*, 448*
- Orange County Transportation Authority: 701*, 721*
Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.
[edit] Location
Pico station serves the South Park neighborhood on its east, and the Figueroa/Convention district on its west. It is located on the east side of Flower Street, just north of Pico Boulevard.
North of this station is the Flower Street Tunnel, which connects Pico station to 7th St/Metro Center Station via Flower Street. The tunnel's portal is just south of 11th Street on Flower Street.
The station is within walking distance to the following attractions.
- Staples Center
- Chick Hearn Court/L.A. Live
- Los Angeles Convention Center
- Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles Campus
- California Hospital Medical Center
- Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California
[edit] Design
Pico is an at-grade center-platform station designed to accommodate Metro light rail vehicles. The station's entrance is on the northeast corner of Flower/Pico.
Metro plans to add gates and flashing lights at this station, as part of a set of safety enhancements that have been added to the Expo Line project.[3]
[edit] History
The station opened on July 14, 1990, on opening day of the Blue Line. On that day, the Flower Street Tunnel and 7th St/Metro Center Station were still under construction. Thus, Pico Station was the northern terminus for the Blue Line until completion of the Flower Street Tunnel and 7th St/Metro Center Station in February 1991.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://backup.buildexpo.org/phase1_overview.php
- ^ "Blue Line Timetable". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/801.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ http://www.metro.net/board/Items/2010/07_July/20100722RBMItem26.pdf
- ^ "Blue Line station information". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/blue_line.htm.
[edit] External links
- Station connections overview
- Metro Expo Line Construction Authority
- Project Website, Metro Rail Expo Corridor, Phase 1 to Culver City
- Pico Station 'relation' on OpenStreetMap
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