Azusa Downtown station
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 Azusa Downtown station platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 780 North Alameda Avenue Azusa, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°08′09″N 117°54′22″W / 34.13583°N 117.90611°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Foothill Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 237 spaces[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1887 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | March 5, 2016[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Azusa/Alameda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Azusa Downtown station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located on Alameda Avenue, a block north of Foothill Boulevard, in Downtown Azusa, 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]
History
The original train stop in Azusa opened in 1887 by the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. The Gold Line uses the old right of way of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad, which built the first train tracks and 1887 station in Azusa. 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. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was sold on May 20, 1887 to the California Central Railway. In 1889 this 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. Santa Fe, later Amtrak, ran the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind over this line in Azusa, 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 Santa Fe 1888 Azusa station depot was completely remodeled in 1946.[5][6]
Service
Station layout
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |||
| Westbound | ← A Line toward Long Beach (Irwindale)
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| Eastbound | A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Terminus) →
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |||
Hours and frequency
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.[7]
Connections
As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[8]
- Foothill Transit: 185, 187, 188, 280
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