Universal City/Studio City station explained

Style:Los Angeles Metro Rail
Universal City/Studio City
Symbol Location:losangeles
Symbol:B
Address:3901 Lankershim Boulevard
Borough:Studio City, California
Coordinates:34.1391°N -118.3625°W
Owned:Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Parking:584 spaces,[1] kiss and ride facility
Bicycle:Metro Bike Share station,[2] racks and lockers[3]
Former:Universal City (2000–2013)
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Universal City/Studio City station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Lankershim Boulevard at its intersection of Campo de Cahuenga and Universal Hollywood Drive in the neighborhoods of Universal City and Studio City, after which the station is named.

The station is located near the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, the Universal CityWalk entertainment complex, and the NBCUniversal studio complex. The station was built around the historic Campo de Cahuenga, an adobe ranch house where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed in 1847, ending hostilities in California between Mexico and the United States.

Location

Universal City/Studio City station lies within the Los Angeles neighborhood of Studio City, specifically at the intersection of Lankershim Boulevard, Campo de Cahuenga and Universal Terrace Parkway. Universal City/Studio City station straddles the hills between the Los Angeles Basin to the south and the San Fernando Valley to the north. Just southeast of the station, across the Hollywood Freeway (U.S. Route 101) is the Cahuenga Pass, consisting of a strip of shops, restaurants and offices that follow US 101, but along Cahuenga Boulevard, which parallels the freeway through the pass.

Universal Studios

Universal City/Studio City station serves the nearby Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, the Universal CityWalk entertainment complex, along with the Hilton Universal and Sheraton Universal hotels. Beyond the tourist attractions, the station also serves the working Universal Studios Lot, the Brokaw News Center (KNBC, KVEA, Telemundo and NBC news bureaus) and the 10 Universal City Plaza office building.

To access the tourist attractions, riders cross the street using a pedestrian bridge and board a tram to go to CityWalk and the theme park. A pedestrian tunnel was originally proposed by Metro but was ultimately scrapped because of NBCUniversal's reluctance to pay the growing costs of the project.

History

In the early planning stages in the 1980s, Universal City/ Studio City station was originally going to be an elevated station; but due to local opposition and safety concerns, the station was put underground as a subway station. Part of MOS-3 of the Red Line, Universal City/Studio City opened on June 24, 2000, as part of an extension from Hollywood/Vine to North Hollywood, the latter of which remains the line's northwestern terminus.

Universal, in conjunction with Metro, constructed a pedestrian bridge over Lankershim Boulevard and Universal Hollywood Drive that opened in April 2016. NBCUniversal agreed to fund a portion of the $19.5 million project, while the remainder was funded through Proposition A.[4] [5]

Service

Station layout

The Universal City/Studio City station lies underground, in this case beneath Bluffside Drive at its intersection with Campo de Cahuenga. Access is provided by two entrances, one on the northwest and the other on the southwest corner of the intersection between Lankershim Boulevard and Campo de Cahuenga.[6]

The station features a park and ride lot. There are a few public bus lines that stop or terminate at the bus plaza on the west side of Lankershim Boulevard, adjacent to the station while others are found by crossing to the east side of Lankershim Boulevard.

L2Bridgeto Universal City Shuttle
GStreet levelEntrances/Exits, bus plaza, Universal City Shuttle, park and ride lot, Campo de Cahuenga
B1MezzanineFaregates, ticket machines, to Entrances/Exits
B2Northbound← toward
Southbound toward →

Connections

, the following connections are available:[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metro Parking Lots by Line . November 5, 2021 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . en-US . August 10, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200810121559/https://www.metro.net/riding/parking/lotsbyline/ . live .
  2. Web site: Station Map . November 13, 2021 . . January 27, 2015 . en-US . January 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220102233640/https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ . live .
  3. 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 .
  4. Web site: Fu . Jon . Universal City Station Pedestrian Bridge Construction Begins . September 15, 2014 . Inside Universal . June 17, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170617130839/http://insideuniversal.net/2014/06/construction-begins-for-the-universal-city-station-pedestrian-bridge/ . live .
  5. Web site: Chen . Anna . March 31, 2016 . No Floo powder? No problem, you can take Muggle transit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter . November 13, 2021 . The Source . . en-US . November 13, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211113231823/https://thesource.metro.net/2016/03/31/muggle-transit-harry-potter-world/ . live .
  6. Web site: December 2008 . Universal City Connections . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120407003141/https://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_universal_city.pdf . April 7, 2012 . November 13, 2021.
  7. Web site: December 11, 2022 . B & D Line Timetable – Connections section . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . 2 . December 14, 2022 . December 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214204723/https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08202420/802_TT_12-11-22.pdf . live .