Southwest Museum station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located near the intersection of Marmion Way at Museum Drive in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles.[2] The station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.
Southwest Museum  | |||||||||||||
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 Southwest Museum station platform in 2015 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 4600 Marmion Way Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°05′54″N 118°12′24″W / 34.0983°N 118.2067°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Los Angeles Metro Bus | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 26, 2003 | ||||||||||||
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| FY 2024 | 393 (avg. wkdy boardings)[1] | ||||||||||||
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The station is named after the nearby Southwest Museum of the American Indian, which closed in 2022.[3] The station features an enhanced architectural design, called Highland Park Gateway, created by artists Teddy Sandoval and Paul Polubinskas.
Service
editHours and frequency
editA Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[4]
Connections
editAs of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[5]
Notable places nearby
editThe station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Southwest Museum of the American Indian (built 1914, closed in 2022) — museum, library, and archive, Autry National Center property.[6]
- Audubon Center in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, east side of Arroyo Seco Parkway in the San Rafael Hills.
- Carlin G. Smith Recreation Center — West Avenue 46 off Figueroa Street.[7]
- Casa de Adobe Museum (built 1916) — on North Figueroa Street, California Historical Landmark, Autry National Center property (closed) [8]
- Lummis House (built 1897–1907) — West Avenues 42 & 43 at Arroyo Seco Parkway, historic house museum and gardens.
- Ramona Hall Community Center — 4580 Figueroa Street.[9]
- Sycamore Grove Park — along Figueroa Street & the Arroyo Seco and Arroyo Seco Parkway.[10]
References
edit- ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
- ^ Station Description Archived March 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Metro Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ "L.A.'s Autry Museum spent 18 years moving 400,000 Native objects. That's just the start". Los Angeles Times. November 16, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ "Friends of the Southwest Museum". Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks: Carlin G. Smith Recreation Center". Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "KCET Departures program: "Highland Park, Casa de Adobe"". October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks: Ramona Hall Community Center". Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks: Sycamore Grove Park". Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
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