26th Street/Bergamot station
{{Short description|Light rail station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{For-multi|the Santa Monica arts facility adjacent to the Metro station|Bergamot (arts center)}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = 26th St/Bergamot
| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail
| symbol_location = losangeles
| symbol = E
| image = MetroELineOlympicStation.jpg
| image_caption = E Line train at 26th Street/Bergamot in May 2016
| address = 2425 Olympic Boulevard
| borough = Santa Monica, California
| coordinates = {{coord|34.0279|-118.4699|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| connections = Big Blue Bus
| parking =
| bicycle = Racks and lockers{{Cite web |title=Secure Bike Parking on Metro |url=https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf |access-date=November 5, 2021 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=en-US |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906210731/https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf |url-status=dead }}
| accessible = Yes
| former = Bergamot
| status =
| opened = {{Start date|1875|10|17}}
| rebuilt = {{Start date|2016|05|20}}{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Laura J. |title=Expo Line Service Can Be Less Than Expeditious |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-expo-line-may-20/158552659/ |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 20, 2016 |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-expo-line-part-2/158552695/ A10]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}
| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|26th Street/Bergamot}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line1=E|left1=17th Street/SMC|to-left1=Downtown Santa Monica|right1=Expo/Bundy}}
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system3=Pacific Electric|line3=Air Line|left3=Sunset|right3=Bundy}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}
26th Street/Bergamot station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located near the intersection of 26th Street and Olympic Boulevard in Santa Monica, California and near the Bergamot Station Arts Center, after which the station is named. The station is served by the E Line.{{cite web|url=http://backup.buildexpo.org/phase2_overview.php |title=.:: Expo Line:: |access-date=March 31, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812041202/http://backup.buildexpo.org/phase2_overview.php |archive-date=August 12, 2011 }}
Service
= Station layout =
The station is in the Pico District of Santa Monica, along the southern edge of Olympic Boulevard, just east of 26th Street.
The City of Santa Monica refers to the station area as the "Bergamot Transit Village".{{cite web |url=http://www.shapethefuture2025.net/presentations/boulevard_sub_areas.ppt |title=2010 Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) – Planning & Community Development – City of Santa Monica |publisher=Shapethefuture2025.net |access-date=May 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305182536/http://www.shapethefuture2025.net/presentations/boulevard_sub_areas.ppt |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }} It is also within walking distance of several business offices and studios, including the Water Garden office complex, as well as several parks.
= Hours and frequency =
{{LA Metro hours and frequency|E}}
= Connections =
{{As of|2024|12|15|df=us}}, the following connections are available:{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2024 |title=E Line Timetable – Connections section |url=https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12183221/804_TT_12-15-24.pdf |access-date=January 13, 2025 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=1}}{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2024 |title=Little Blue Book |url=https://www.bigbluebus.com/Routes-and-Schedules/PdfHandler.ashx/little-blue-book.pdf |access-date=January 13, 2025 |publisher=Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica)}}
- Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica): 5, 16, 43
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
Name and history
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The name "Bergamot Station" dates back to 1890, and was a stop and car storage area on the steam powered Los Angeles and Independence Railroad from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles, as well as the subsequent Santa Monica Air Line on the Pacific Electric trolley system until 1953.{{cite web |url=http://bergamotstation.com/ |title=Bergamot Station |publisher=Bergamot Station |date=April 30, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2016 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903141202/http://www.bergamotstation.com/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18900614.2.10&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |title=Los Angeles Herald. "The Iron Highways." June 14, 1890. page 2 |access-date=July 24, 2016 |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815061326/http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18900614.2.10&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |url-status=live }}
Vehicle maintenance facility
Expo Phase 2 included a maintenance facility for Expo light-rail vehicles. This facility performs shop-related activities, including servicing, cleaning, inspecting, and repairing LRT vehicles. It also includes a yard with a storage capacity of up to 45 LRT vehicles.
Several locations for this facility were proposed and evaluated, including the "Verizon site" (land just east of Bergamot Station, between Stewart Street and Centinela Avenue) and the Bergamot Station site. Many residents of the surrounding Stewart Park neighborhood opposed the use of the Verizon site, who feared the project would create noise and another environmental impact. The use of the Bergamot Station site was opposed by artists at Bergamot Station, who successfully argued that Bergamot had become an irreplaceable resource for the west coast art community.{{Cite web |url=http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2010/02/04/news_-_features/top_stories/2sm.txt |title=The Argonaut: Top Stories |access-date=April 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723014146/http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2010/02/04/news_-_features/top_stories/2sm.txt |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
The City of Santa Monica and Expo built the facility on land which includes the Verizon site, as well as land that was a parking lot owned by Santa Monica College. They believe that with this "hybrid site", most environmental impacts from the facility were properly mitigated.{{Cite web |url=http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2009/20090811/s2009081108-A.htm |title=Exposition Light Rail Phase 2 Maintenance Facility Update - City of Santa Monica |access-date=April 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723040210/http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2009/20090811/s2009081108-A.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2009/20091110/1027%20mins.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723040229/http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2009/20091110/1027%20mins.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}Boehm, Mike (June 14, 2014) [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-bergamot-station-20140616-story.html "Bergamot Station's tenants at odds over its future as Expo Line nears"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616231949/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-bergamot-station-20140616-story.html |date=2014-06-16 }} Los Angeles Times
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