Pacific Coast Highway station (A Line)
Pacific Coast Highway station is an at grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.[2] The station is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at its intersection with Pacific Coast Highway, after which the station is named, in Long Beach, California.[3]
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| Location | 1798 North Long Beach Boulevard Long Beach, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33.7899°N 118.1895°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 1, 2019[1] | ||||||||||||
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North of this station, A Line trains enter an exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) which allows trains to reach higher speeds between stops.
A J Line station with an identical name is located approximately 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west of this station.
Service
Station layout
| Northbound | ← A Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Willow Street) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound | A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Anaheim Street) → |
Hours and frequency
A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:00 a.m. and 12:30 am. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 8 a.m. (with a 15/20-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.[4]
Connections
As of February 20, 2022, the following connections are available:[5]
- Long Beach Transit: 51, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only)
References
- "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- "Blue Line station information" (PDF).
- "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. September 12, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- "A Line Timetable - Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
