Allen
A Line 
Allen station platform
General information
Other namesAllen/College
Location395 North Allen Avenue
Pasadena, California
Coordinates34°09′06″N 118°06′48″W / 34.1518°N 118.1132°W / 34.1518; -118.1132
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeFreeway median, elevated
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 26, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-07-26)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Lake
toward Long Beach
 A Line Sierra Madre Villa
toward APU/Citrus College
Location
Map

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.[1]

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.[2]

This station features an architectural design called Rider's Dream, created by artist Michael Amescua.[3]

Service

Station layout

Platform Level Westbound ←  A Line toward Long Beach (Lake)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound →  A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Sierra Madre Villa) →
G Street level Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines

Hours and frequency

A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[4]

Connections

As of June 16, 2023, the following connections are available:[5]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

References

  1. ^ "Transportation – Business and Administrative Services – Pasadena City College". pasadena.edu. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Riding Metro on New Year's Day Archived December 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "Allen Station – Slideshow". www.metro.net. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "Pasadena City College Shuttle". Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

External links

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