Irwindale station

Irwindale station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Irwindale Avenue and Avenida Padilla in Irwindale, California, after which the station is named. This station opened on March 5, 2016, as part of Phase 2A of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Project.[3][4]

Irwindale
A Line 
A test train in early 2016
General information
Location16017 Avenida Padilla
Irwindale, California
Coordinates 34.1290°N 117.9336°W / 34.1290; -117.9336
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsFoothill Transit
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking350 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Duarte/City of Hope
toward Long Beach
A Line Azusa Downtown
Location

History

The original train track through Irwindale were built by the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. The A Line uses the old right of way of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad who built the first train tracks through Irwindale in 1887. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was founded in 1883, by James F. Crank with the goal of bringing a rail line to San Gabriel Valley from downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was sold on May 20, 1887 into the California Central Railway. In 1889 the rail line was consolidated into Southern California Railway Company. On January 17, 1906, the Southern California Railway was sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and called the Pasadena Subdivision. Amtrak-Santa Fe ran the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind over this line through Irwindale, but relocated the Desert Wind to the Fullerton Line in 1986. The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994, when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia and the track was closed until the Gold line was built. The rail line crosses the San Gabriel River on a long girder bridge, then passes through the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area (how it received its name). The rail line intersected the north end of the former SP Azusa Industrial Track at Irwindale (MP 118.2). Irwindale had a 6,165 foot rail siding that passed the Miller Brewing Company's Irwindale brewery. From there the tracks continued and crossed beneath Irwindale Avenue.[5][6][7]

Service

Station layout

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound A Line A Line toward Long Beach (Duarte/City of Hope)
Eastbound A Line A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Azusa Downtown)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Hours and frequency

A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Trains operate every 10 minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends. Evening service (after 7 p.m.) is every 20 minutes.[8]

Connections

As of June 16, 2023, the following connections are available:[9]

References

  1. "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. Nelson, Laura J. (March 5, 2016). "Metro Gold Line extension tests San Gabriel Valley's support for transit". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. Foothill Extension Archived 2010-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.  Metro (LACMTA)
  5. "KCET, Exploring the Metro Gold Line's Foothill Extension Phase 2A, by Eric Brightwell, February 27, 2013". Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  6. "RailGiants Train Museum located inside the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds". Archived from the original on May 9, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  7. Santa Fe Pasadena line
  8. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  9. "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
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