North Hollywood station is a combined

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(known locally as a subway) and

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(BRT) station in the

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and Metro Busway systems. It is the northwestern terminus of the B Line subway and eastern terminus of the G Line BRT route. It is located at the intersection of

Lankershim Boulevard Lankershim Boulevard is a major north-south thoroughfare in the eastern San Fernando Valley, primarily within the City of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County, California. Geography Lankershim Boulevard begins at San Fernando Road in the Sun ...

and Chandler Boulevard in the NoHo Arts District of the

North Hollywood North Hollywood is a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District, the El Portal Theatre, several art galleries, and the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. The North ...

neighborhood in the

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History

North Hollywood station was constructed as part of MOS-3 (Minimum Operating Segment 3), the third and final portion of the Red Line project. The station opened on June 24, 2000, after six years of construction. As the Metro Rail system was being designed in the 1990s, the initial plan was to build an at-grade and elevated extension of the Metro Red Line west from North Hollywood station along the former

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Burbank Branch right of way that Metro acquired in 1991. However, by the time the Red Line reached North Hollywood, political developments stymied these plans: community objections to surface transit along the route resulted in a 1991 law mandating that any rail line along the route be built underground, but a 1998 ballot measure driven by perceptions of mismanagement banned the use of county sales tax to fund subway tunneling. Prevented from using the right of way for rail, Metro proceeded to build a busway along the corridor, despite further lawsuits from area residents. The line opened on October 29, 2005, with its eastern terminus at North Hollywood.

Lankershim Depot

Toluca Southern Pacific Depot and Pacific Electric Lankershim Station view from east 2014-11-23

The

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built the Lankershim Depot in 1896 on land that is adjacent to the current G Line platforms. It later served as a stop on the

system after its North Hollywood Line opened in 1911. In 2014, the station was restored for a cost of $3.6 million, and is currently occupied by a coffee shop.

Development of surrounding area

Since the opening of the station in 2000,

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s have begun to be constructed in the area around the station including thousands of apartments and office buildings. NoHo Tower (a 15-story apartment building) is across the street from the station and NoHo Commons, a multi-use complex which includes several floors of apartments above a level of retail. In September 2007, transportation officials approved NoHo Art Wave.Rong-Gong Lin II and Sharon Bernstein
Large transit-oriented development OKd for North Hollywood
''Los Angeles Times'', September 28, 2007. That project did not start due to the recession, but in 2016 a public-private partnership with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was proposed on the surrounding the station.

Service

Station layout

North Hollywood station is located on two large blocks near the intersection of

and Chandler Boulevard. The B Line platform is located under Lankershim and the original entrance to the station, under three colorful arched canopies called "Kaleidoscope Dreams," is located on the block east of Lankershim and north of Chandler. This block also contained a large bus plaza and

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lot. The G Line platforms were added about 5 years later, along Chandler and west of Lankershim. For the first 10 years after the opening of the G Line, passengers transferring between the B and G Lines needed to use a crosswalk. Metro constructed a second entrance to the B Line platform on the west side of Lankershim adjacent to the G Line platform in August 2016, easing transfers.

Hours and frequency

Connections

, the following connections are available: *

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: , , , , , , , , (NoHo-Pasadena Express), Metro Micro North Hollywood/Burbank *

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: NoHo-Media District (Green Route), NoHo-Airport (Orange Route) to Burbank Airport * City of Santa Clarita Transit: 757 *

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(depot two blocks south of the station at 11239 Magnolia Blvd) * LADOT Commuter Express:

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places: * Chandler Bikeway – ''begins adjacent to station and proceeds east to Burbank'' *

Metro Orange Line bicycle path The Orange Line Bikeway is a cycle route in Los Angeles County, California that runs and “spans the lengths of the San Fernando Valley’s major communities” from Chatsworth to North Hollywood, “connecting such places as Pierce Colleg ...

– ''begins adjacent to station and proceeds west to Chatsworth'' * Millennium Dance Complex * NoHo Arts District *Historic

Lankershim Depot Lankershim and West Lankershim are archaic place names in what is now the greater North Hollywood section of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California. Settlements Lankershim was originally named Toluca. The center of ...

(1896–1952)

Future

The station is planned as the terminal for two additional Metro Busway lines: the

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which will run to Pasadena with connections to the L Line, and the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor which will provide additional east–west services to the Valley.

References

External links

North Hollywood Station: connections overviewLA Metro – countywide: official websiteLA Metro: Orange Line Timetable
– ''schedules''
LA Metro: Orange Line map and stations
– ''route map and station addresses and features'' {{North Hollywood, Los Angeles B Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations G Line (Los Angeles Metro) Los Angeles Metro Rail stations located underground Los Angeles Metro Busway stations North Hollywood, Los Angeles Public transportation in the San Fernando Valley Public transportation in Los Angeles Railway stations in the United States opened in 2000 Bus stations in Los Angeles 2000 establishments in California Pacific Electric stations