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Duarte/City of Hope station is an at-grade light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Duarte Road and Highland Avenue in Duarte, California, after which the station is named, along with the City of Hope National Medical Center located across the street from the station.

Duarte/City of Hope
Duarte/City of Hope station platform
General information
Location	1789 Business Center Drive Duarte, California
Coordinates	34.1326°N 117.9680°W / 34.1326; -117.9680
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Foothill Transit
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	125 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1886; 136 years ago (1886)
Rebuilt	March 5, 2016; 6 years ago (2016-03-05)[3]
Previous names	Duarte
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Monrovia toward Atlantic L Line Irwindale toward APU/Citrus College
Future services Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Monrovia toward Downtown Long Beach A Line Irwindale toward APU/Citrus College
Location

This station opened on March 5, 2016, as part of Phase 2A of the Gold Line Foothill Extension project.[3][4] This station and all the other original Gold Line and Foothill Extension stations will be part of the A Line upon completion of the Regional Connector project in 2023.

History

The 1886 Duarte train station was the terminal station for the original trains for the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. The Metro L Line uses the old right of way of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad who built the first train tracks and 1886 station in Duarte. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was founded in 1883, by James F. Crank with the goal of bringing a rail line to San Gabriel Valley from downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was sold on May 20, 1887 into the California Central Railway. The California Central Railway built a Duarte train depot in 1897. In 1889 the rail line and station was consolidated into Southern California Railway Company. On January 17, 1906 Southern California Railway was sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and called the Pasadena Subdivision. Amtrak-Santa Fe ran the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind over this line in Duarte, but relocated the Desert Wind to the Fullerton Line in 1986. The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994, when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia and the track was closed until the L Line (formerly the Gold line) was built.[5][6][7]

Service

Station layout

Northbound	← L Line toward APU/Citrus College (Irwindale)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound	→ L Line toward Atlantic (Monrovia) →

Hours and frequency

L Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 a.m. until 12:15 a.m. daily. Monday through Friday, trains on the L Line operate every 10 minutes during peak hours, every 12 minutes during the midday hours, and every 20 minutes into the evening. During the weekends, trains operate every 12 minutes most of the day, but every 20 minutes in the early morning and evening hours.[8]

Connections

As of February 20, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:[9]

• Foothill Transit: 272, 860 (DuarEbus Blue), 861 (DuarEbus Green)

References

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