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Willow Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located adjacent to Long Beach Boulevard its intersection with Willow Street, after which the station is named, in the Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California.[4]

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (September 2021)

Willow St
Willow Street station platform
General information
Location	2750 American Avenue Long Beach, California
Coordinates	33.807255°N 118.189999°W / 33.807255; -118.189999
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Long Beach Transit Los Angeles Metro Bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	904 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 14, 1990; 32 years ago (1990-07-14)
Rebuilt	June 1, 2019[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Pacific Coast Highway toward Downtown Long Beach A Line Wardlow toward 7th Street/Metro Center
Former services Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station Morgan Avenue Terminus Long Beach Vista del Mar towards Pacific Electric Building Burnett towards Balboa Balboa
Future services Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Pacific Coast Highway toward Downtown Long Beach A Line Wardlow toward APU/Citrus College
Location

South of this station, A Line trains exit the exclusive right-of-way (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway) and start their street running portion in the median of Long Beach Boulevard.

Willow is a park and ride station with 920 parking spaces (including a multi-story parking facility)[1] and 10 bike lockers. The Willow Street and Wardlow stations, both in Wrigley, are the two A Line stations closest to the Long Beach Municipal Airport.

History

The station is on the site of a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway, where the Balboa Line split from the Long Beach Line. At various times, the junction was referred to as Willow, Willows, Willowville and North Long Beach.

Service

Station layout

Northbound	← A Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Wardlow)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound	→ A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Pacific Coast Highway) →

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.[5]

Connections

As of February 20, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:[6][7]

• Long Beach Transit: 51, 101, 102, 103, 104 (to Long Beach Airport), 405 (weekday express service to UCLA)
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60 (late night only)

Notable places nearby

• Wrigley Marketplace shopping center
• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
• Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
• Veterans Park
• Sunnyside Cemetery & Long Beach Cemetery (these adjacent cemeteries on Willow St. date from before 1900).

References

Media related to Willow (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons

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