Duarte/City of Hope station

Duarte/City of Hope is an at grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located near the intersection of Duarte Road and Highland Avenue in Duarte, California, across from the City of Hope National Medical Center. The station is served by the Metro L Line.[3][4][5]

Duarte/City of Hope
 
Location1601 E Duarte Road, Duarte, California
Coordinates34.1326°N 117.9680°W / 34.1326; -117.9680
Owned byMetro
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Parking125 spaces
3 charging stations
Bicycle facilities19 bike rack spaces
24 bike lockers[1]
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
Opened1886
RebuiltMarch 5, 2016 (March 5, 2016)[2]
Previous namesDuarte
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Monrovia
toward Atlantic
 L Line Irwindale
toward APU/Citrus College
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Monrovia
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Irwindale
toward APU/Citrus College
Location

This station was constructed as part of the Gold Line Foothill Extension project Phase 2A. It began revenue service on March 5, 2016.[6][2]

Station layout
Platform Southbound ←  L Linetoward Atlantic (Monrovia)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound →  L Linetoward APU/Citrus College (Irwindale) →

Bus connections

History

The 1886 Duarte train station was the terminal station for the original trains for the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. The L line uses the old right of way of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad who built the first train tracks and 1886 station in Duarte. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was founded in 1883, by James F. Crank with the goal of bringing a rail line to San Gabriel Valley from downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was sold on May 20, 1887 into the California Central Railway. The California Central Railway built a Duarte train depot in 1897. In 1889 the rail line and station was consolidated into Southern California Railway Company. On January 17, 1906 Southern California Railway was sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and called the Pasadena Subdivision. Amtrak-Santa Fe ran the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind over this line in Duarte, but relocated the Desert Wind to the Fullerton Line in 1986. The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994, when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia and the track was closed until the Gold line was built.[8][9][10]

The Duarte train depot built by the California Central Railway in 1897 and sold to Santa Fe in 1907.

See also

References
  1. "Gold Line".  Metro (LACMTA). Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "(untitled)". Foothill Gold Line. Archived from the original on July 15, 2006.
  4. "Art of the Journey, The Foothill Gold Line" (PDF). Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  5. Duarte/City of Hope Station
  6. "Gold Line Foothill Extension". Metro.
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. KCET, Exploring the Metro Gold Line's Foothill Extension Phase 2A, by Eric Brightwell, February 27, 2013
  9. RailGiants Train Museum located inside the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds
  10. "Duarte Plans for More Residential Around its Gold Line Station". Urbanize LA. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
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