Pioneer station

{{Short description|Future light rail station in Artesia, California}}

{{About|the future station in Artesia|the station in Compton|Artesia station}}

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| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail

| name = Pioneer

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| address = Pioneer Boulevard
Artesia, California

| coordinates = {{coord|33|51|37.8|N|118|04|56.7|W|display=inline,title}}

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| mapframe-zoom = 14

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| status = Planned

| rebuilt = 2035 (estimated)

| opened = 1906 (Pacific Electric)

| closed = 1950 (Pacific Electric)

| other_services_header = Future services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations

|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail

|line=SEGW|note-mid=Phase 1|left=Bellflower

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| other_services2_header = Former services (as Artesia)

| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=Pacific Electric|line=Santa Ana|left=Dolley|right=Thornton}}

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Pioneer station is a planned light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.{{cite report |title=Pacific Electric ROW / West Santa Ana Branch Corridor Alternatives Analysis Report |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/eirs/West%20Santa%20Ana%20Branch%20Corridor/2013-west-santa-ana-branch-corridor-alternatives-analysis.pdf |website=Metro |publisher=Southern California Association of Governments |access-date=6 September 2020}} It will be the southern terminus of the Southeast Gateway Line project, located in Artesia at Pioneer Boulevard.{{cite news |last1=Sharp |first1=Steven |title=Metro Unveils TOD Concepts for West Santa Ana Branch Stations |url=https://urbanize.la/post/metro-unveils-tod-concepts-west-santa-ana-branch-stations |access-date=19 September 2020 |agency=Urbanize LA |date=October 17, 2019}} The segment of the corridor is expected to begin operations in 2035.{{cite news |last1=Scauzillo |first1=Steve |title=Stations, new name coming for West Santa Ana Branch light-rail in southeast LA County |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2023/06/15/stations-new-name-coming-for-west-santa-ana-branch-light-rail-in-southeast-la-county/ |access-date=19 June 2023 |agency=Los Angeles Daily News |date=15 June 2023}} The route may later on be further expanded along the West Santa Ana right-of-way, but Metro has not yet announced any plans to do so.

The station is located adjacent to the former Pacific Electric West Santa Ana Branch Artesia station,{{cite news |last1=Sonksen |first1=Mike |title=Artesia: From Portuguese Dairy Farms to Little India |url=https://www.kcet.org/history-society/artesia-from-portuguese-dairy-farms-to-little-india |access-date=1 February 2021 |agency=KCET |date=22 August 2014 |quote=The Pacific Electric Red Car had a stop in Artesia, just south of present day Little India at Pioneer Boulevard}} built in 1906.{{cite book |last1=Cenovich |first1=Marilyn |title=The Story of Cerritos |date=1995 |publisher=Cerritos Library |url=http://menu.ci.cerritos.ca.us/collections/local_history/cl_lhStory5.htm |access-date=1 February 2021}} Passenger services operated until 1950.