Willow Street station is an at-grade
light rail station on the
A Line of the
Los Angeles Metro Rail
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California, United States. It consists of seven lines, including five light rail lines (the A Line (Los Angeles Metro), A, C Line (Los Angeles Metro), C, E Li ...
system. The station is located adjacent to
Long Beach Boulevard its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the
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* Wrigley Company, a chewing gum manufacturer owned by Mars, Incorporated
* EG Wrigley and Company, a British manufacturer of cars, car components and mechanical parts
* Wrigley (surname), a list of people with the name
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neighborhood of
Long Beach, California.
South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive
right-of-way (the historic route of the
Pacific Electric Railway) and start their
street running
A street running train is a train which runs on a track built on public streets. The rails are embedded in the roadway, and the train shares the street with other users, such as pedestrians, cars and cyclists, thus often being referred to as r ...
portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard.
Willow is a
park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility)
and 10 bike lockers. The Willow Street and
Wardlow stations, both in
Wrigley Wrigley may refer to:
* Wrigley Company, a chewing gum manufacturer owned by Mars, Incorporated
* EG Wrigley and Company, a British manufacturer of cars, car components and mechanical parts
* Wrigley (surname), a list of people with the name
* W ...
, are the two A Line stations closest to the
Long Beach Municipal Airport.
History
The station is on the site of a junction on the
Pacific Electric Railway, where the
Balboa Line
The Balboa Line was the southernmost route of the Pacific Electric Railway. It ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the Balboa Peninsula in Orange County by way of North Long Beach, though the route was later cut back to the Newport Dock. It was ...
split from the
Long Beach Line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.
Service
Station layout
Hours and frequency
Connections
, the following connections are available:
*
Long Beach Transit: , , , , ,
*
Los Angeles Metro Bus:
Notable places nearby
* Wrigley Marketplace shopping center
*
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
*
Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
* Veterans Park
* Sunnyside Cemetery & Long Beach Cemetery (these adjacent cemeteries on Willow St. date from before 1900).
References
A Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations
Los Angeles Metro Rail stations located above ground
Transportation in Long Beach, California
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1990
1990 establishments in California
Pacific Electric stations
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