Willow Street station

Willow Street is an at grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail.[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 A 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.

Not to be confused with Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station.
Willow Street
 
Metro A Line train departing Willow Street Station.
Location2750 American Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90806
Coordinates33.8079°N 118.1901°W / 33.8079; -118.1901
Owned byMetro
Line(s) A Line
Platforms1 center platform
Tracks2
Construction
Parking870 free spaces
20 paid reserved spaces
Bicycle facilities16 bike rack spaces
14 locker spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990 (July 14, 1990)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Pacific Coast Highway
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Wardlow
toward 7th Street/Metro Center
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Pacific Coast Highway
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Wardlow
toward APU/Citrus College
Location

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

History

The station is on the site of a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway, where the Balboa line split from the Long Beach line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.

Station layout
Platform Southbound ←  A Linetoward Downtown Long Beach (Pacific Coast Highway)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound →  A Linetoward 7th Street/Metro Center (Wardlow) →

Metro Rail service

A Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[2]

Bus connections

Nearby sights and attractions
  • Wrigley Marketplace shopping center
  • Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  • Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
  • Veterans Park
  • Sunnyside Cemetery & Long Beach Cemetery (these adjacent cemeteries on Willow St. date from before 1900).
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References
  1. "Blue Line station information" (PDF).
  2. "A Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.

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