Mariachi Plaza station

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

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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

{{Infobox station

| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail

| name = Mariachi Plaza

| symbol_location = losangeles

| symbol = E

| image = Los Angeles Metro Gold Line at Mariachi Plaza station.png

| image_caption = Mariachi Plaza station platform

| address = 1831 East 1st Street

| borough = Los Angeles, California

| coordinates = {{coord|34.0473|-118.2198|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = Los Angeles Metro Bus

| structure = Underground

| 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

| opened = {{Start date|2009|11|15}}

| former = Mariachi Plaza/Boyle Heights

| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}

| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|Mariachi Plaza}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=E|left=Pico/Aliso|right=Soto}}

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=L|left=Soto|right=Pico/Aliso}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Mariachi Plaza station is an underground light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under 1st Street at the intersection of Boyle Avenue, with the main exit located at Mariachi Plaza, after which the station is named. The plaza is the historic gateway to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2011 |title=Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension (Wayback Machine) |url=https://www.metro.net/projects_studies/eastside/images/ee_destinationsMap.pdf |access-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813020832/https://www.metro.net/projects_studies/eastside/images/ee_destinationsMap.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }} This station opened in 2009 as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension and was one of two underground stations on the Eastside Extension (the other being Soto).

Until 1963, the Los Angeles Railway's P Line yellow streetcars operated on the surface of 1st Street, including a stop near this station.{{cite map |url=https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/50176/route-map-los-angeles-railway-electric-car-and-bus-routes-los-angeles-railway-corp |title=Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes |date=1938 |author=H.P. Noordwal |publisher=Los Angeles Railway |website=Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. |access-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131012211/https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/50176/route-map-los-angeles-railway-electric-car-and-bus-routes-los-angeles-railway-corp |url-status=live }} {{cite map |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/xlarge/50176.jpg |title=Alternate link |website=via Google |access-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131152638/https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/xlarge/50176.jpg |url-status=live }}