Universal City/Studio City station is an underground

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(known locally as a subway) station on the B Line of the

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system. It is located under

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at its intersection of Campo de Cahuenga and Universal Hollywood Drive in the neighborhoods of Universal City and

Studio City Studio City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the southeast San Fernando Valley, just west of the Cahuenga Pass. It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer Mack Sennett in 1927, ...

, after which the station is named. The station is located near the

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theme park, the

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entertainment complex, and the

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studio complex. The station was built around the historic

Campo de Cahuenga The Campo de Cahuenga, () near the historic Cahuenga Pass in present-day Studio City, California, was an adobe ranch house on the Rancho Cahuenga where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed between Lieutenant Colonel John C. Frémont and General Andr ...

, an adobe ranch house where the

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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

, specifically at the intersection of Lankershim Boulevard, Campo de Cahuenga and Universal Terrace Parkway. Universal City/Studio City station straddles the hills between the

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to the south and the

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to the north. Just southeast of the station, across the

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(

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) is the

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, consisting of a strip of shops, restaurants and offices that follow US 101, but along

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, which parallels the freeway through the pass.

Universal Studios

Universal City/Studio City station serves the nearby

theme park, the

entertainment complex, along with the Hilton Universal and Sheraton Universal hotels. Beyond the tourist attractions, the station also serves the working

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, the Brokaw News Center (

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and

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news bureaus) and the

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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

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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.

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. The station features a

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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.

Hours and frequency

Connections

, the following connections are available: *

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: , , , *

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: Pink Route * Universal City Shuttle

References

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