Long Beach Boulevard station

Long Beach Boulevard (formerly Long Beach/I-105) is an elevated freeway median station on the C Line of Los Angeles Metro Rail.[1] It is located in the center median of Century Freeway at the interchange with Long Beach Boulevard in Lynwood, California. It was named after Long Beach Boulevard, rather than the city of Long Beach, as Metro names its stations after their nearest cross streets. The original name for this station was Long Beach Blvd/I-105 and it may still be used in some places.

Long Beach Boulevard
 
Westbound Metro Green Line train to Redondo Beach station arrives at Long Beach Boulevard station.
Location11508 Long Beach Boulevard
Lynwood, California 90262
Coordinates33.9249°N 118.2100°W / 33.9249; -118.2100
Owned byMetro
Line(s) C Line
Platforms1 center platform
Tracks2
Construction
Parking650 "park-and-ride" spaces
Bicycle facilities12 bike rack spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
OpenedAugust 12, 1995 (August 12, 1995)
Previous namesLong Beach/I-105
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Willowbrook
toward Redondo Beach
 C Line Lakewood Boulevard
toward Norwalk
Former services (Lynwood)
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Modjeska Park
towards Pacific Electric Building
 Santa Ana
discontinued 1958		 Lugo
towards Santa Ana SP Depot
Location

Metro Rail service

C Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[2]

Station layout
Platform Westbound ←  C Line toward Redondo Beach (Willowbrook/Rosa Parks)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound →  C Line toward Norwalk (Lakewood) →

Bus connections

Pacific Electric Service
Main article: Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot
The Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot at its original location in 1933

Prior to the establishment of service on Metro Green Line, the location served as Lynwood depot, a station on the Pacific Electric's Santa Ana route serving the West Santa Ana Branch. At some point after service was discontinued, the small mission revival station building was relocated to Lynwood Park to make way for the Century Freeway, where it still stands to this day. The 1917 depot, one of only several in the area which survived the devastating 1933 Long Beach earthquake, has been registered as a historic American building by the Historic American Buildings Survey.[3] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References
  1. "Green Line station information".
  2. "Green Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  3. "Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

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