Willow (Los Angeles Metro station)

Willow

Los Angeles Metro rapid transit station
Willow;
	; Willow Station platform.
Location
City	Long Beach
Neighborhood	Wrigley
Address	2750 American Avenue
Coordinates	33°48′28″N 118°11′24″W / 33.8079°N 118.1901°WCoordinates: 33°48′28″N 118°11′24″W / 33.8079°N 118.1901°W
Metro Rail / BRT Services
Metro Rail	Blue Line
Station Design
	LRT, at-grade
	1 center platform
	2 tracks
Entrance(s)	NW of 27th/Long Beach
Fare Gates	no
Accessible
Parking	870 free spaces; 20 paid reserved spaces
Bicycle Facilities	16 bike rack spaces; 14 locker spaces
Miscellaneous
Owned by	Metro (LACMTA)
Status	in service
Date Opened	July 14, 1990
Connecting Services

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Willow is a station on the Los Angeles County Metro Blue Line.^[1] It has an island platform, and is adjacent to Long Beach Boulevard near the intersection of Willow Street in the city of Long Beach, California. At this point, going Northbound, the Blue Line route leaves Long Beach Boulevard and enters its own right-of-way (part of Pacific Electric Railway's Red Car right-of-way) allowing the trains to reach higher speeds between stops. Willow is a park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility) and 10 bike lockers.

Willow and Wardlow stations, both in Wrigley, are the two Blue Line stations closest to the Long Beach Municipal Airport.

[edit] Nearby sights and attractions

Wrigley Marketplace shopping center
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
Veterans Memorial Park
Sunnyside Cemetery & Long Beach Cemetery (these adjacent cemeteries on Willow St. date from before 1900).

[edit] Station Photos

A Metro Blue Line train departing for Down town Los Angeles.
A Metro Blue Line train arriving to the station to begin service heading to Downtown Los Angeles.
Station platform.
Exit of the station.
A Metro Blue Line train heading to Downtown Long Beach.
Train leaving the station to Downtown LA.
Northbound platform.
Station sign, northbound platform.