North Hollywood station

North Hollywood is a combined subway station and bus rapid transit (BRT) station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Metro Busway systems. It is the northwestern terminus of the B Line subway and eastern terminus of the G Line BRT route. It is located at the intersection of Lankershim Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard in the North Hollywood district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.[2]

North Hollywood
   
Platform View of the B Line
Location5357 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood, California 91601
Coordinates34.1688°N 118.3766°W / 34.1688; -118.3766
Owned byMetro
Line(s)Metro Rail:
 B Line
Metro Busway:
 G Line
Platforms1 island platform (B Line)
1 side platform (G Line)
Connections"Kiss & Ride" passenger drop-off area
Construction
Platform levels2
ParkingPaid parking: 490 Spaces
Paid parking: 461 Spaces
Bicycle facilities8 bike rack spaces[1]
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedB Line: June 24, 2000 (June 24, 2000)
G Line: October 29, 2005 (October 29, 2005)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Terminus B Line Universal City/Studio City
toward Union Station
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Laurel Canyon
toward Chatsworth
 G Line Terminus
Former services (Lankershim)
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Eucalyptus
towards Canoga Park
 Owensmouth
discontinued 1952		 Hoffman
towards Subway Terminal
Eucalyptus
towards San Fernando
 San Fernando
discontinued 1952
Location
A G Line bus.

Station layout
G Street level Exit/Entrance
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ←  G Line toward Chatsworth (Laurel Canyon)
B1 Mezzanine Faregates, ticket machines, to Exits/Entrances
B2 Southbound →  B Line toward Union Station (Universal City/Studio City) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Southbound →  B Line toward Union Station (Universal City/Studio City) →

Metro Rail and BRT service

B Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 AM until 1:00 AM daily.[3]

Metro Busway G Line BRT (bus rapid transitway) runs 24 hours a day.

Underground passageway

Metro constructed a second entrance on the west side of Lankershim Boulevard, which allows riders to connect between the G Line (surface bus rapid transit) and the B Line (underground heavy rail) via an underground passageway. This underground connection was completed in August 2016.[4]

Location

North Hollywood Metro station is located on Lankershim Boulevard, which forms the western border of the station and parking lot; it is bordered on its South side by Chandler Boulevard. It is one block south of Burbank Boulevard (but is not bordered by Burbank) and is one block west of Vineland Avenue (but is not bordered by Vineland). The station is located in the neighborhood of the same name in the eastern San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles.

Development of surrounding area

Since the opening of the station in 2000, transit-oriented developments have begun to be constructed in the area around the station including thousands of apartments and office buildings. NoHo Tower (a 15-story apartment building) is across the street from the station and NoHo Commons, a multi-use complex which includes several floors of apartments above a level of retail. In September 2007, transportation officials approved NoHo Art Wave.[5] That project did not start due to the recession, but in 2016 a public-private partnership with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was proposed on the 16 acres (6.5 ha) surrounding the station.[6][7]

Lankershim Depot
Depot after restoration, 2014

The Southern Pacific Railway built the Lankershim Depot in 1896 on land that is adjacent to the current G Line platforms. It later served as a stop on the Pacific Electric system after its North Hollywood Line opened in 1911. In 2014, the station was restored for a cost of $3.6 million,[8] and is currently occupied by a coffee shop.[9]

Bus connections
The entrance to the B Line platform.

Attractions
North Hollywood Metro B Line Station platform.

Future

The station is planned as the terminal for two additional Metro Busway lines: the North Hollywood–Pasadena Transit Line which will run to Pasadena with connections to the L Line, and the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor which will provide additional east–west services to the Valley.

References
  1. "Orange Line". Metro. LACMTA. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  2. "Red Line station information". Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  3. "Red/Purple Line timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  4. "Work Begins on Metro's NoHo Tunnel and Universal Ped Bridge". Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  5. Rong-Gong Lin II and Sharon Bernstein, Large transit-oriented development OKd for North Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2007.
  6. Khouri, Andrew (June 23, 2016). "Chinese developer teams up on big North Hollywood mixed-use project". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  7. Vincent, Roger (November 17, 2019). "$1-billion plan for North Hollywood station takes shape". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  8. Segura, Daniella (October 30, 2014). "Metro finishes $3.6 million makeover of Lankershim Depot". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  9. "Groundwork Coffee opens café in newly restored North Hollywood historic train depot". Tea & Coffee Trade Journal. January 17, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
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