Lake station (Los Angeles Metro)

Lake station is a below-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway), below North Lake Avenue, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The light rail station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.

Lake
A Line 
Exterior of the station in 2016
General information
Location340 North Lake Avenue
Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34.1519°N 118.1324°W / 34.1519; -118.1324
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeFreeway median, below-grade
Parking22 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 26, 2003 (2003-07-26)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Memorial Park
toward Long Beach
 A Line Allen
toward APU/Citrus College
Former services (at AT&SF station)
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Pasadena
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line
Via Pasadena, Pomona
 Lamanda Park
toward Chicago
Location

It is one of the A Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is used by people coming to see the parade on New Year's Day.[2]

This station features station art called Everyday People, created by artist Pat Ward Williams. This station has a parking lot with 22 paid reserved spaces.

Service

Station layout
G Street level Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines
Platform level Westbound ←  A Line toward Long Beach (Memorial Park)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound →  A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Allen) →

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.[3]

Connections

As of June 16, 2023, the following connections are available:[4]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

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. Riding Metro on New Year's Day Archived December 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  3. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  4. "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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