Cal State L.A.
Cal State LA westbound busway platform
General information
Location	5150 State University Drive Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°03′45″N 118°10′13″W / 34.0625°N 118.1702°W / 34.0625; -118.1702
Owned by	Caltrans and California State University, Los Angeles Consortium
Operated by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)	SCRRA San Gabriel Subdivision[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms (Busway) 1 side platform (Metrolink)
Tracks	1
Connections	See connections section
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	February 18, 1975 (1975-02-18) (Busway) October 26, 1994 (1994-10-26) (Metrolink)
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station L.A. Union Station Terminus San Bernardino Line El Monte toward San Bernardino–Downtown San Bernardino Line Express Covina toward Redlands–Downtown Preceding station Metro Busway Following station LA General Medical Center toward San Pedro J Line El Monte Terminus
Future services Preceding station Metrolink Following station L.A. General Medical Center toward L.A. Union Station San Bernardino Line El Monte toward San Bernardino–Downtown
Location

Cal State LA station (officially Cal State Los Angeles station)^[2] is a commuter train and bus station located on the El Monte Busway. The station is located between Interstate 10 and its namesake, the campus of California State University, Los Angeles. It is located in the El Sereno neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles and Eastside region, in southern California. The busway portion of the station opened on February 18, 1975^[3] and the Metrolink platform was added on October 26, 1994.^[4]

Just west of this station, the westbound busway lanes cross over the eastbound lanes, reversing the normal placement of the lanes. They remain reversed until the western terminus of the El Monte Busway at Union Station. The reversed lanes allow buses to serve by a single island platform station at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center but prevent vehicles from entering the busway from the general-purpose lanes of Interstate 10 in the eastbound direction.^[5]

Just east of this station, the busway and train tracks move off the separate right of way and move into the median of Interstate 10.^[6]

Service

The station is served by the Metrolink San Bernardino Line commuter rail line and two bus rapid transit routes: the J Line, operated by Metro and the Silver Streak, operated by Foothill Transit.

Cal State LA station is served by 36 Metrolink San Bernardino Line trains (18 in each direction) each weekday, running primarily at peak hours in the peak direction of travel. This station is also served by an express train that operates once in each direction on weekdays. Weekend service consists of 16 trains (8 in each direction) on both Saturday and Sunday, evenly spaced throughout the day.^[7]

The busway station is also served by Los Angeles Metro Bus express routes 487 and 489 along with Foothill Transit routes 490, 493, 495, 498, 499 and 699. Metro's Express 487 route operates all-day, seven days a week; the rest only run during weekday peak periods.^[8]

Local bus connections

Cal State LA station is also served by several bus routes that use bus stops near the station on surface streets:^[8]

• Alhambra Community Transit: Blue
• City of Commerce Transit: 200
• Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court Shuttle
• El Sol: City Terrace/ELAC
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 106, 258, 665
• Montebello Bus Lines: 10
• Monterey Park Spirit Bus: 5, Link Shuttle

Station layout

Cal State LA station has a unique multi-level design. The street-level facilities are on the south end of the Cal State LA campus and include ticket vending machines and bus plaza. The westbound busway platform is one level below the street level. On the lowest level, the train platform is located directly under the westbound busway platform and the eastbound busway platform is reached from a bridge across both lanes of the busway.

The Metrolink platform at Cal State LA station is only 258 feet (79 m) long, about half the length of the typical Metrolink platform,^[1] so not all train doors open when serving this station.

G	Street level	Entrance/Exit, ticket vending machines, bus plaza, Cal State LA
Upper Level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	←  J Line toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (LA General Medical Center) ← Silver Streak toward Los Angeles (LA General Medical Center)
Lower Level
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right, not all doors open
	Westbound/ Eastbound	← San Bernardino toward Los Angeles (Terminus) → San Bernardino toward San Bernardino (El Monte or Covina) →
	Eastbound	→  J Line toward El Monte (Terminus) → → Silver Streak toward Montclair (El Monte) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

• 
  Eastbound platform.
• 
  Bridge to the eastbound platform.