Pico/Aliso station

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

{{distinguish|text=Pico station in Downtown Los Angeles}}

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail

| name = Pico/Aliso

| symbol_location = losangeles

| symbol = E

| image = Pico-Aliso Station LACMTA.jpg

| image_caption = Pico/Aliso station

| address = 1311 East 1st Street

| borough = Los Angeles, California

| coordinates = {{coord|34.0478|-118.2262|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = Los Angeles Metro Bus

| structure = At-grade

| 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

| status =

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

| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}

| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|Pico/Aliso}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=E|left=Little Tokyo/Arts District|right=Mariachi Plaza}}

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=L|left=Mariachi Plaza|right=Little Tokyo/Arts District|note-right=(at-grade)}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Pico/Aliso station is an at-grade light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of East 1st Street between South Anderson Street and South Utah Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.[http://www.metro.net/projects_studies/eastside/images/ee_destinationsMap.pdf Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension destination map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522222624/http://www.metro.net/projects%5Fstudies/eastside/images/ee_destinationsMap.pdf |date=May 22, 2009 }} LACMTA Retrieved October 10, 2009. This station opened on November 15, 2009, as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension.

Location

Pico/Aliso station is located in the western part of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of eastern Los Angeles. The station is the first east of the Los Angeles River on the Gold Line Eastside Extension. Pico/Aliso lies in a low-density residential and industrial area. The Santa Ana Freeway, carrying US 101, acts as both a major transport artery in the area and the eastern border of the station precinct. The infamous Aliso Village housing project sat near the site of Pico/Aliso station but was demolished before the station opened.

= Transit-oriented development =

One of the aims of the Gold Line extension is to encourage transit-oriented development around Metro stations. At Pico/Aliso, the most prominent development is the Pueblo del Sol public housing project to the northeast of the station.{{cite web|title=Boyle Heights planning and improvement projects|url=http://www.ci.la.ca.us/council/cd14/pdf/Web%20View2.pdf|access-date=June 22, 2010|publisher=City of Los Angeles}}{{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

Service

= 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}}

Station art

Like many other Metro stations, Pico/Aliso station contains a piece of public art. LACMTA chose Long Beach, California based artist Rob Neilson to create a piece for the station, which eventually became "About Face."{{cite web | url = http://www.metro.net/about/art/locations/picoaliso/ | title = Pico/Aliso slideshow | publisher = LACMTA | access-date = June 22, 2010 | archive-date = June 26, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100626131616/http://www.metro.net/about/art/locations/picoaliso/ | url-status = live }}

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Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2009

Category:2009 establishments in California

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