Firestone station
Firestone station is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located between Graham Avenue and the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway), and elevated over the intersection of Firestone Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the unincorporated Los Angeles County community of Firestone Park.[2]
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 Firestone station, as seen from street level | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 8615 Graham Avenue Firestone Park, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33.9599°N 118.2432°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | November 2, 2019[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Graham (Pacific Electric) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Service
Station layout
| Platform | Northbound | ← A Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Florence) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Southbound | A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (103rd Street/Watts Towers) → | |
| G | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines |
Hours and frequency
A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:00 a.m. and 12:30 am. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 8 a.m. (with a 15/20-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.[3]
Connections
As of February 20, 2022, the following connections are available:[4]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 115
- the Link: Florence-Firestone/Walnut Park
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Colonel Leon H. Washington County Park
References
- Lozano, Carlos (November 2, 2019). "Metro rail service between Los Angeles and Long Beach reopens". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- "A Line Timetable - Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
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