Anaheim Street station
Anaheim St  | ||||||||||||
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 Anaheim Street station platform | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | 1290 North Long Beach Boulevard Long Beach, California | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°46′57″N 118°11′22″W / 33.7826°N 118.1895°W | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Construction | ||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Long Beach Bike Share station[1] and racks | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1990 | |||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 1, 2019[2] | |||||||||||
| Previous names | Anaheim | |||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||
| FY 2024 | 1,721 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3] | |||||||||||
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Anaheim Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at its intersection with Anaheim Street, after which the station is named, in Long Beach, California.[4]
This station is not named after the city of Anaheim, which is about 10 miles (16 km) away; it is named after the street near which it is located.
History
[edit]When the line opened on July 14, 1990, as the Blue Line, this station was the southern terminus until the Downtown Long Beach Loop opened several months later. To facilitate the loop, which runs in a clockwise direction, the two main tracks cross each other at an "X" within the median at 9th Street south of this station. The southbound track then continues in the median by itself beyond 8th Street, passes two stations, then curves west onto the 1st Street Transit Mall, where it has a brief 2-track segment through the Downtown Long Beach station (which is designated as the terminal point of the line). From there, the tracks continue as northbound, first turning north into the median of Pacific Avenue (where they rejoin as a single track). After passing one more station, the track then curves east onto 8th Street before turning back north onto Long Beach Boulevard.
Service
[edit]Hours and frequency
[edit]A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[5]
Connections
[edit]As of April 9, 2023[update], the following connections are available:[6]
- Long Beach Transit: 41, 45, 46, 51, 52
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only), 232
Station
[edit]Local Odysseys is a photo-montage project by Metro Art commissioned artist Terry Braunstein, installed at Anaheim Street Station. The artwork consists of fourteen photo-montages fabricated into porcelain enamel panels. The project explores themes of community, values, and travel, featuring contemporary photographs of “local heroes” from the station area—individuals who have contributed to the community through service, often without wide recognition, such as volunteers in community service organizations. The montages also incorporate large figures from art history, representing cultural values and qualities that shape our unconscious interactions.[7]
The montages include antique cartographic imagery, which highlights the vast arenas where these timeless interactions occur and where the local odysseys take place, emphasizing the intersection of historical influence and community engagement.[8]
Notable places nearby
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Long Beach Bike Share map". Long Beach Bike Share. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Local Odysseys". Metro Art. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ "Local Odysseys". Metro Art. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
External links
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Media related to Anaheim Street (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
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