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Memorial Park station is a below-grade light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at Holly Street and at the end of Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, California. The station is named after the nearby Memorial Park and is situated on the northern edge of Old Town Pasadena.

Memorial Park
Train enters the Memorial Park platform, 2005
General information
Location	125 East Holly Street Pasadena, California
Coordinates	34.1476°N 118.1479°W / 34.1476; -118.1479
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	See Connections section
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 26, 2003; 19 years ago (2003-06-26)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Del Mar toward Atlantic L Line Lake toward APU/Citrus College
Future services Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Del Mar toward Downtown Long Beach A Line Lake toward APU/Citrus College
Location

Memorial Park station was built in a trench beneath the Holly Street Village Apartments, which was constructed with the trench in 1994 in anticipation of a light rail station at this site. This station features station art called The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story, created by artist John Valadez.[1]

Memorial Park station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project. This station and all the other original and Foothill Extension stations will be part of the A Line upon completion of the Regional Connector project in 2023.

It is one of the L Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is heavily used by people coming to see the parade.[2] The station is also located near the Rose Bowl Shuttle which stops at the Parsons Corporation headquarters building and offers service to most events at the stadium. During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from the Rose Bowl.[3]

Service

Station layout

G	Street level	Entrance/Exit
Platform	Northbound	←  L Line toward APU/Citrus College (Lake)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→  L Line toward Atlantic (Del Mar) →

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.[4]

Connections

As of February 20, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:[5]

• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 177, 180, 256, 260, 501 (NoHo-Pasadena Express), 660
• Foothill Transit: 187, Rose Bowl Shuttle (service to events at Rose Bowl stadium)[6]
• LADOT Commuter Express: 549
• Pasadena Transit: 20, 40, 51, 52
• ArtCenter College of Design Shuttle (students/staff only)[7]

Future

This station will connect with North Hollywood–Pasadena Transit Line, a bus rapid transit line in the Metro Busway network in Los Angeles, California which will connect Pasadena and the North Hollywood Metro Station.[8]

Notable places nearby

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

• Armory Center for the Arts
• Fuller Theological Seminary
• Gamble House
• Memorial Park & Levitt Pavilion
• Norton Simon Museum
• Old Pasadena
• USC Pacific Asia Museum
• Pasadena City Hall
• Pasadena Civic Center District
• Pasadena Museum of History
• The Paseo

References

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