Willow Street station

Not to be confused with Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station.

Willow Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located adjacent to Long Beach Boulevard its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California.^[4]

Willow St
Willow Street station platform
General information
Location	2750 American Avenue Long Beach, California
Coordinates	33.807255°N 118.189999°W / 33.807255; -118.189999
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Long Beach Transit Los Angeles Metro Bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	904 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 14, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-07-14)
Rebuilt	June 1, 2019[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Wardlow toward Azusa A Line Pacific Coast Highway toward Downtown Long Beach
Former services Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station Morgan Avenue Terminus Long Beach Vista del Mar towards Pacific Electric Building Burnett towards Balboa Balboa
Location

South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) and start their street running portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard.

Willow is a park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility)^[1] and 10 bike lockers. The Willow Street and Wardlow stations, both in Wrigley, are the two A Line stations closest to the Long Beach Municipal Airport.

History

The station is on the site of a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway, where the Balboa Line split from the Long Beach Line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.

Service

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.^[5]

Connections

As of April 9, 2023^[update], the following connections are available:^[6]

• Long Beach Transit: 51, 101, 102, 103, 104 (to Long Beach Airport), 405 (weekday express service to UCLA)
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only)

Notable places nearby

• Wrigley Marketplace shopping center
• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
• Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
• Veterans Park
• Sunnyside Cemetery & Long Beach Cemetery (these adjacent cemeteries on Willow St. date from before 1900).

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. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
3. "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
4. "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
5. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
6. "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

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