Mariachi Plaza station explained

Style:Los Angeles Metro Rail
Mariachi Plaza
Symbol Location:losangeles
Symbol:E
Address:1831 East 1st Street
Borough:Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:34.0473°N -118.2198°W
Owned:Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections:Los Angeles Metro Bus
Structure:Underground
Bicycle:Racks and lockers[1]
Accessible:Yes
Former:Mariachi Plaza/Boyle Heights
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Mariachi Plaza station is an underground light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under 1st Street at the intersection of Boyle Avenue, with the main exit located at Mariachi Plaza, after which the station is named. The plaza is the historic gateway to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.[2] This station opened in 2009 as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension and was one of two underground stations on the Eastside Extension (the other being Soto).

Until 1963, the Los Angeles Railway's P Line yellow streetcars operated on the surface of 1st Street, including a stop near this station.[3]

Service

Station layout

There are two levels underground: a mezzanine with ticket machines and gates, and below that, an island platform with two tracks. There is one entrance to the station at the intersection of 1st Street and Boyle Avenue, at the namesake Mariachi Plaza.

Connections

, the following connections are available:[4]

Notable places nearby

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Secure Bike Parking on Metro . November 5, 2021 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . en-US . September 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210906210731/https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: August 13, 2011 . Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension (Wayback Machine) . November 28, 2022 . August 13, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813020832/https://www.metro.net/projects_studies/eastside/images/ee_destinationsMap.pdf . bot: unknown .
  3. Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes . 1938 . H.P. Noordwal . Los Angeles Railway . Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. . January 26, 2021 . January 31, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210131012211/https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/50176/route-map-los-angeles-railway-electric-car-and-bus-routes-los-angeles-railway-corp . live . Alternate link . . January 26, 2021 . January 31, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210131152638/https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/xlarge/50176.jpg . live .
  4. Web site: December 10, 2023 . E Line Timetable – Connections section . December 26, 2023 . . 1.