Anaheim Street station

Anaheim St
Anaheim St
	Anaheim Street station platform
General information
Location	1290 North Long Beach Boulevard; Long Beach, California
Coordinates	33°46′57″N 118°11′22″W / 33.7826°N 118.1895°W
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
Bicycle facilities	Long Beach Bike Share station and racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 14, 1990; 33 years ago
Rebuilt	June 1, 2019
Previous names	Anaheim
Services
	Pacific Avenue One-way operation
Location

Anaheim Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at its intersection with Anaheim Street, after which the station is named, in Long Beach, California.^[3]

This station is not named after the city of Anaheim, which is about 10 miles (16 km) away; it is named after the street near which it is located.

History edit

When the line opened on July 14, 1990, as the Blue Line, this station was the southern terminus until the Downtown Long Beach Loop opened several months later. To facilitate the loop, which runs in a clockwise direction, the two main tracks cross each other at an "X" within the median at 9th Street south of this station. The southbound track then continues in the median by itself beyond 8th Street, passes two stations, then curves west onto the 1st Street Transit Mall, where it has a brief 2-track segment through the Downtown Long Beach station (which is designated as the terminal point of the line). From there, the tracks continue as northbound, first turning north into the median of Pacific Avenue (where they rejoin as a single track). After passing one more station, the track then curves east onto 8th Street before turning back north onto Long Beach Boulevard.

Service edit

Station layout edit

Northbound	← A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Pacific Coast Highway)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound	→ A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (5th Street) →

Hours and frequency edit

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 through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.^[4]

Connections edit

As of April 9, 2023^[update], the following connections are available:^[5]

Long Beach Transit: 41, 45, 46, 51, 52
Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only), 232

Notable places nearby edit

St. Mary Medical Center

References edit

^ "Long Beach Bike Share map". Long Beach Bike Share. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.