1st Street station (Los Angeles Metro)

1st Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at its intersection with 1st Street, after which the station is named, in Long Beach, California.^[6] The station is on a loop at the south end of the A Line route and only has southbound service.

1st St
1st Street station platform
General information
Location	108 North Long Beach Boulevard Long Beach, California
Coordinates	33°46′06″N 118°11′22″W / 33.7683°N 118.1895°W / 33.7683; -118.1895
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Long Beach Transit Los Angeles Metro Bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Bicycle facilities	Long Beach Bike Share station^[1] and racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 1, 1990; 33 years ago (1990-09-01)^[2]
Rebuilt	October 20, 2014^[3]^[4] June 1, 2019^[5]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station 5th Street One-way operation A Line Downtown Long Beach Terminus
Location

During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from venues located at the Long Beach Sports Park including handball at the Long Beach Arena, temporary facilities for BMX and water polo, along with marathon swimming and triathlon in Long Beach harbor.^[7]

Service

Station layout

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound	A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Terminus) →

Amtrak Railway Booking-1-800-872-7245

A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.^[8]

Connections

As of February 20, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:^[9]

• Long Beach Transit: Passport
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only), 232

Notable places nearby

• Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
• Long Beach Terrace Theater

References

1. "Long Beach Bike Share map". Long Beach Bike Share. Retrieved March 3, 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "New Long Beach Loop". The Los Angeles Times. September 1, 1990. p. B10. from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.  
3. Chen, Anna (August 20, 2014). "A better Blue Line: 30-day closure of four Blue Line stations in Long Beach to begin Sep 20". Metro The Source. from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
4. Chen, Anna (October 17, 2014). "A Better Blue Line: last week of work during Long Beach Loop closure". Metro The Source. from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
5. "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
6. (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
7. "Games Plan". 2028 Summer Olympics. from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
8. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
9. "A Line Timetable - Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

External links

  Media related to 1st Street (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons