Mariachi Plaza station

Mariachi Plaza is a light rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of 1st Street and Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights District. The station is served by the L Line.[1] This station opened in 2009 as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension.

Mariachi Plaza
 
Station entrance
Location1831 E 1st St, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Coordinates34.0473°N 118.2198°W / 34.0473; -118.2198
Owned byMetro
Line(s) L Line
Platforms2 (1 center platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Parkingnone
Bicycle facilities12 bike rack spaces
8 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
OpenedNovember 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)
Previous namesMariachi Plaza/Boyle Heights
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Soto
toward Atlantic
 L Line Pico/Aliso
toward APU/Citrus College
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Pico/Aliso
toward Downtown Santa Monica
 E Line Soto
toward Atlantic
Location

Metro Rail service

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

Bus connections

Location

The station entrance is located in Mariachi Plaza, after which the station is named. The plaza is the historic gateway to the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Eastern Los Angeles. At the intersection of East 1st Street and Boyle Avenue, the station is near Hollenbeck Park.[3] Los Angeles Railway P Line yellow streetcars operated on the surface of 1st Street[4] until 1963, including a call at Boyle.

Attractions

Station layout

Mariachi Plaza Station is one of two underground stations on the Eastside portion of the L Line (the other being Soto Station). There are two levels underground: a mezzanine with ticket machines and gates, and below that, an island platform with two tracks.

References
  1. "Gold Line station information".
  2. "Gold Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  3. Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension destination map LACMTA Retrieved 2009-10-10
  4. H.P. Noordwal (1938). "Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes" (Map). Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Los Angeles Railway. "Alternate link" (Map). via Google.
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