Sierra Madre Villa station is a light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway), at Sierra Madre Villa Avenue, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The light rail station opened on July 26, 2003, as the northern terminus 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.

Sierra Madre Villa
Sierra Madre Villa station and pedestrian bridge viewed from the 4th floor of the parking structure
General information
Location	149 North Halstead Pasadena, California
Coordinates	34.1478°N 118.0813°W / 34.1478; -118.0813
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus Foothill Transit Pasadena Transit
Construction
Structure type	Freeway median
Parking	965 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 26, 2003; 19 years ago (2003-07-26)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Allen toward Atlantic L Line Arcadia toward APU/Citrus College
Future services Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Allen toward Downtown Long Beach A Line Arcadia toward APU/Citrus College
Location

The station has a 965 space, five-floor parking garage, accessed from Sierra Madre Villa Avenue and North Halstead Street.[1] The first floor of the parking garage has a multi-bay bus plaza, and the fourth floor has the train platform access, with faregates, ticket vending machines and a pedestrian bridge, which passes over the westbound lanes of the Foothill Freeway.

Sierra Madre Villa was the L Line's northern terminus from 2003 until 2016. Service on the first phase of the Gold Line Foothill Extension began on March 5, 2016, which extended the line to APU/Citrus College station.[3]

The station structure was designed by artist Tony Gleaton and features large photo portraits suspended above the platform access stairways. The adjacent 965-space parking structure was designed by artist Beth Thielen, using a theme of "nature and movement". The station, under naming schemes, is named for Sierra Madre Villa Avenue rather than the nearby city of Sierra Madre, although the major thoroughfare leads to Sierra Madre.

Station layout

Level 4	Bridge level	Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit, park and ride
Platform level	Northbound	←  L Line toward APU/Citrus College (Arcadia)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→  L Line toward Atlantic (Allen) →
Level 1	Street level	Entrance/Exit, Bus Plaza

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: 256, 266, 268, Express 487
• Foothill Transit: 187
• Pasadena Transit: 31, 32, 40, 60

Notable places nearby

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

• A Noise Within Theater
• Kaiser Permanente Pasadena Medical Offices
• Hastings Ranch Plaza
• Hastings Village Shopping Center
• Pasadena City College Foothill campus

References

External links

Media related to Sierra Madre Villa (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons