Historic Broadway
Historic Broadway station under construction in January 2023
General information
Location	2nd Street & Broadway Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°03′07″N 118°14′46″W / 34.052023°N 118.246104°W / 34.052023; -118.246104
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	In testing
History
Opening	2023
Previous names	2nd St/Broadway
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill toward Downtown Long Beach A Line Little Tokyo/Arts District toward APU/Citrus College Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill toward Downtown Santa Monica E Line Little Tokyo/Arts District toward Atlantic
Location

Historic Broadway station is an under construction underground light rail station on the A Line and the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the southeast corner of 2nd Street and Broadway in the Historic Core section of Downtown Los Angeles.^[1] In planning documents, the station was originally going to be named 2nd St/Broadway.^[2]

Construction on the station is complete and the line is currently undergoing testing before an expected opening in 2023.

Historic Broadway is part of the Regional Connector project, a tunnel through Downtown Los Angeles that will connect the current Metro Rail A, E, and L Lines. The station is planned to be served by both the restructured A Line, connecting Long Beach and Azusa, and the restructured E Line, connecting Santa Monica and East Los Angeles. The station is sited in a private right of way, requiring agreements with the property's owner before a high-rise could be built on the site in the future. It was constructed via the sequential excavation method, the first time Metro has utilized the process.^[3] The Regional Connector is scheduled to open in 2023.^[3]

Service

Station layout

G	Street level	Entrance/Exit
B1	Mezzanine	Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrances/Exits
B2	Northbound/ Eastbound	←  A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Little Tokyo/Arts District) ←  E Line toward Atlantic (Little Tokyo/Arts District)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound/ Westbound	→  A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill) →  E Line toward Downtown Santa Monica (Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill) →

Hours and frequency

A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:00 a.m. and 12:30 am. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 8 a.m. (with a 15/20-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.^[4]

E Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and 12:30 am. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 8 a.m. (with a 15 to 20-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.^[5]

Notable places nearby

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

• Broadway Theater District
• Caltrans District 7 Headquarters
• LAPD Headquarters
• Times Mirror Square