Willow Street station
{{Short description|Los Angeles Metro Rail station}}
{{distinguish|Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{primary sources|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Willow St
| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail
| symbol_location = losangeles
| symbol = A
| image = Willow Blue Line Station 2.JPG
| image_caption = Willow Street station platform
| address = 2750 American Avenue
| borough = Long Beach, California
| coordinates = {{coord|33.807255|-118.189999|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
| platform = 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
| connections = {{Unbulleted list
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| structure = At-grade
| 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 and age|1990|07|14}}
| rebuilt = June 1, 2019{{Cite news |date=April 1, 2019 |title=Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1 |language=en-US |work=KNBC-TV |agency=City News Service |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/new-metro-blue-line-closures-announced/136337/ |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304053105/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/new-metro-blue-line-closures-announced/136337/ |url-status=live }}
| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}
| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|Anaheim Street}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=A|left=Wardlow|right=Pacific Coast Highway|to-right=Downtown Long Beach}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Pacific Electric|line=Long Beach|left=Morgan Avenue|right=Vista del Mar|line2=Balboa|left2=Burnett|right2=Vista del Mar}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
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Willow Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located adjacent to Long Beach Boulevard its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California.{{Cite web |title=Metro Blue Line Connections |url=http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/blue_all.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225095318/http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/blue_all.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=Metro}}
South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) and start their street running portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard.
Willow is a park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility) and 10 bike lockers. The Willow Street and Wardlow stations, both in Wrigley, are the two A Line stations closest to the Long Beach Municipal Airport.
History
The station is on the site of a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway, where the Balboa Line split from the Long Beach Line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.
Service
= Hours and frequency =
{{LA Metro hours and frequency|A}}
= Connections =
{{As of|2024|12|15|df=us}}, the following connections are available:{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2024 |title=A Line Timetable – Connections section |url=https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/06090036/801_TT_12-15-24.pdf |access-date=January 1, 2025 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=2}}
- Long Beach Transit: {{LBT route|51}}, {{LBT route|101}}, {{LBT route|102}}, {{LBT route|103}}, {{LBT route|104}} {{Small|(to {{Rint|air|link=Long Beach Airport}} Long Beach Airport)}}, {{LBT route|405}} {{Small|(weekday express service to UCLA)}}
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: {{LA Metro route|60}} {{small|(late night only)}}
== Station ==
Out of Sight is a site-specific artwork at Willow Station by Merge Conceptual Design, commissioned by Metro Art. The installation features a glass canopy and two concrete benches. The canopy’s angled translucent panels reveal different images based on perspective—a willow tree when viewed from the south and catenary wires from the north.{{cite web |title=Willow Station |url=https://art.metro.net/location/a-line/willow-st/ |website=Metro Art |access-date=2024-12-20}}
The design contrasts natural and urban canopies, while benches inscribed with poetic text reflect on travel and the site's history. Inspired by shifting train-window views, the artwork’s images align at a specific vantage point before transitioning. Merge Conceptual Design describes it as an exploration of illusion, light, and poetry tied to the station’s unique environment.{{cite web |title=Willow Station |url=https://art.metro.net/location/a-line/willow-st/ |website=Metro Art |access-date=2024-12-20}}
Notable places nearby
- Wrigley Marketplace shopping center
- Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
- Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
- Veterans Park
- Sunnyside Cemetery & Long Beach Cemetery (these adjacent cemeteries on Willow St. date from before 1900).
References
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External links
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Category:Pacific Electric stations
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