Sierra Madre Villa station

Sierra Madre Villa is a freeway-median light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located above Sierra Madre Villa Avenue in the median of the 210 Freeway in Pasadena, California. The station is served by the Gold Line on Foothill Boulevard.[1]

Sierra Madre Villa
 
Location149 N Halstead, Pasadena, California
Coordinates34.1478°N 118.0813°W / 34.1478; -118.0813
Owned byMetro
Line(s) L Line
Platforms1 center platform
Tracks2
Construction
Parking965 spaces:
Bicycle facilities10 bike rack spaces
16 bike lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
OpenedJuly 26, 2003 (July 26, 2003)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Allen
toward Atlantic
 L Line Arcadia
toward APU/Citrus College
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Allen
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Arcadia
toward APU/Citrus College
Location
The view of the station from the entrance bridge that connects the parking building and the train platform.

The station structure was designed by artist Tony Gleaton and features large photo portraits suspended above the platform access stairways. The adjacent 965-space parking structure was designed by artist Beth Thielen, using a theme of "nature and movement". The station, under naming schemes, is named for Sierra Madre Villa Avenue rather than the nearby city of Sierra Madre, although the major thoroughfare leads to Sierra Madre.

The parking structure entrance is on Halstead Street on the east side of the structure. The station is accessed via a pedestrian bridge from the fourth level of the parking structure, which passes over the westbound lanes of the Foothill Freeway.

Station layout
L2 Exit/entrance, Faregates, Ticket machines
L1 (Platforms) Southbound ←  L Linetoward Atlantic (Allen)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound →  L Linetoward APU/Citrus College (Arcadia) →

Metro Rail service

Gold Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:15 AM daily.[2]

Foothill Extension

Sierra Madre Villa was the L Line's northern terminus from 2003 until 2016. Service easterly along the Gold Line Foothill Extension began on March 5, 2016, in which the terminus was then extended to APU/Citrus College station.[3]

Bus connections

(Note: All bus connections are located on the 1st floor)

Landmarks

See also

References
  1. Station Description Metro Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  2. "Gold Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  3. Nelson, Laura J. (March 5, 2016). "Metro Gold Line extension tests San Gabriel Valley's support for transit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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