Chinatown station (Los Angeles Metro) explained

Chinatown
Style:Los Angeles Metro Rail
Symbol:A
Symbol Location:losangeles
Address:901 North Spring Street
Borough:Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:34.0635°N -118.2357°W
Owned:Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Bicycle:Metro Bike Share station and racks
Accessible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services2 Header:Proposed services
Other Services2 Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Chinatown station is an elevated light rail station on the of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located along Spring Street above College Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, just north of Downtown Los Angeles.[1] This station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.

The Chinatown station is a short walk from North Broadway, a bustling street of Chinese-American restaurants and stores.[2] Broadway is accessible through a flat walkway between the North Mezzanine and Blossom Plaza, which is lined with businesses and apartment buildings.[3]

Service

Station layout

L3 (Platforms)Northbound← toward
Southbound toward →
L2North Mezzanineto Entrance/Exit, Blossom Plaza, ticket machines
GStreet levelEntrance/Exit, ticket machines

Connections

As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[4]

,

794, 799

B, Lincoln Heights/Chinatown

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gold Line station information. June 22, 2009. January 19, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100119070953/http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/gold_line.htm. dead.
  2. News: Ringing in a New Era in Old Chinatown . August 13, 2003 . Joy L. . Woodson . . 14 March 2016 . March 14, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314113138/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/aug/13/local/me-bell13 . live .
  3. News: Sharp . Steven . 2016-09-01 . Chinatown's Blossom Plaza Crosses the Finish Line . en . Urbanize LA . 2023-02-01 . February 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230201215843/https://la.urbanize.city/post/chinatowns-blossom-plaza-crosses-finish-line . live .
  4. Web site: June 16, 2023 . A Line Timetable – Connections section . June 17, 2023 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . 2.