Little Tokyo / Arts District (Los Angeles Metro station)

Little Tokyo/Arts District
   
Los Angeles Metro rapid transit station
Location
City Los Angeles
Neighborhood Little Tokyo, Arts District
Address 200 N Alameda St
Metro Rail / BRT Services
Metro Rail  Gold Line 
Station Design
Structure
LRT, at-grade
1 center platform
2 tracks
Entrance(s) 1st/Alameda NE corner
Fare Gates no
Accessible
Parking none
Bicycle Facilities 12 bike rack spaces
4 lockers
Miscellaneous
Owned by Metro (LACMTA)
Status in service
Date Opened 15 November 2009
Connecting Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station
toward
Atlantic
East Los Angeles
 Gold Line
toward
Sierra Madre Villa
Pasadena

Little Tokyo/Arts District Station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of First and Alameda Streets, on the edge of Little Tokyo and the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles. The station is served by the Gold Line.[1] It opened in 2009 as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension.

Contents

Metro Rail service

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

Location

Little Tokyo/Arts District station is located on the border of two neighborhoods, Little Tokyo to the west and the Arts District to the east. A number of educational attractions are near the station, with the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Japanese American National Museum, and the Geffen Contemporary branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art.[3]

Station layout

There is one island platform and two tracks at Little Tokyo/Arts District station located on the east side of Alameda Street between East 1st Street and East Temple Street. South of the station, the tracks curve to the east and line the middle of East 1st Street all the way to Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles.

Future

Regional Connector

When the Blue and Expo Lines connect to the Gold Line, via the Regional Connector, the Little Tokyo/Arts District station may be moved underground and possibly across the street due to traffic concerns on Alameda St. and 1st caused by at-grade trains.[4]

Bus connections

The following bus routes stop at Little Tokyo/Arts District:

Class Route Western/southern terminus Eastern/northern terminus
Local 30 Mid-City
Pico-Rimpau Transit Center
via Pico Boulevard		 Little Tokyo/Arts District
eastern terminus (shortline)
East Los Angeles
Indiana Gold Line Station
via 1st Street
Local 40 Redondo Beach
South Bay Galleria
via Hawthorne Boulevard, Crenshaw Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard		 Union Station
Local 42 LAX
City Bus Center
via La Tijera Boulevard, Stocker Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard		 Union Station
Rapid 730 Mid-City
Pico-Rimpau Transit Center
via Pico Boulevard		 Little Tokyo/Arts District
eastern terminus

The station is also served by several LADOT DASH Buses

References

  1. ^ "Gold Line station information". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/Gold_line.htm. 
  2. ^ "Gold Line timetable". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/804.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 
  3. ^ Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension destination map LACMTA Retrieved 2009-10-12
  4. ^ "Regional Connector Update." The Source http://thesource.metro.net/2010/02/04/regional-connector-update/

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