Allen station

{{Short description|Los Angeles Metro Rail station}}

{{For|the Ion rapid transit station|Allen station (Waterloo)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox station

| other_name = Allen/College

| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail

| name = Allen

| symbol_location = losangeles

| symbol = A

| image = HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Allen, Platform View.jpg

| image_caption = Allen station platform

| address = 395 North Allen Avenue

| borough = Pasadena, California

| coordinates = {{coord|34.1518|-118.1132|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{Unbulleted list|

| Los Angeles Metro Bus

| Pasadena Transit

| Pasadena City College Shuttle

}}

| structure = Freeway median, elevated

| parking =

| bicycle = Racks

| accessible = Yes

| opened = {{Start date|2003|07|26}}

| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}

| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|Allen}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=A|left=Lake|right=Sierra Madre Villa}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=L|left=Lake|right=Sierra Madre Villa}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Allen station is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway), above North Allen Avenue, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The light rail station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.

The station is also signed as Allen/College, for the nearby Pasadena City College, which operates shuttles between the station and its campuses.{{Cite web|url=https://pasadena.edu/business-administrative-services/transportation.php|title=Transportation – Business and Administrative Services – Pasadena City College|website=pasadena.edu|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421042716/https://pasadena.edu/business-administrative-services/transportation.php|url-status=live}}

It is one of the A Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is used by people coming to see the parade.[http://www.metro.net/riding/new-years/ Riding Metro on New Year's Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230150834/http://www.metro.net/riding/new-years/ |date= December 30, 2016 }} Retrieved September 21, 2014.

This station features an architectural design called Rider's Dream, created by artist Michael Amescua.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metro.net/about/art/locations/allen-station/|title=Allen Station – Slideshow|website=www.metro.net|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306090817/https://www.metro.net/about/art/locations/allen-station/|url-status=live}}