Sierra Madre Villa station
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.jpg) Sierra Madre Villa station and pedestrian bridge viewed from the 4th floor of the parking structure | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 149 North Halstead Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°08′52″N 118°04′53″W / 34.1478°N 118.0813°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Freeway median | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 965 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers[2] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 26, 2003 | ||||||||||||
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Sierra Madre Villa station is a light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway), at Sierra Madre Villa Avenue, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The light rail station opened on July 26, 2003, as the northern terminus of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project. This station and all the other original and Foothill Extension stations will be part of the A Line upon completion of the Regional Connector project in 2023.
The station has a 965 space, five-floor parking garage, accessed from Sierra Madre Villa Avenue and North Halstead Street.[1] The first floor of the parking garage has a multi-bay bus plaza, and the fourth floor has the train platform access, with faregates, ticket vending machines and a pedestrian bridge, which passes over the westbound lanes of the Foothill Freeway.
Sierra Madre Villa was the L Line's northern terminus from 2003 until 2016. Service on the first phase of the Gold Line Foothill Extension began on March 5, 2016, which extended the line to APU/Citrus College station.[3]
The station structure was designed by artist Tony Gleaton and features large photo portraits suspended above the platform access stairways. The adjacent 965-space parking structure was designed by artist Beth Thielen, using a theme of "nature and movement". The station, under naming schemes, is named for Sierra Madre Villa Avenue rather than the nearby city of Sierra Madre, although the major thoroughfare leads to Sierra Madre.
Station layout
| Level 4 | Bridge level | Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit, park and ride |
| Platform level | Northbound | ← L Line toward APU/Citrus College (Arcadia)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Southbound | L Line toward Atlantic (Template:LACMTA Platform Layout L Line/next) →
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| Level 1 | Street level | Entrance/Exit, Bus Plaza |
Hours and frequency
Connections
As of February 20, 2022[update], the following connections are available:[4]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 256, 266, 268, Express 487
- Foothill Transit: 187
- Pasadena Transit: 31, 32, 40, 60
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- A Noise Within Theater
- Kaiser Permanente Pasadena Medical Offices
- Hastings Ranch Plaza
- Hastings Village Shopping Center
- Pasadena City College Foothill campus
References
- ^ a b "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ Nelson, Laura J. (March 5, 2016). "Metro Gold Line extension tests San Gabriel Valley's support for transit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "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 Sierra Madre Villa (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
