Mariachi Plaza station is an underground light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under 1st Street at the intersection of Boyle Avenue, with the main exit located at Mariachi Plaza, after which the station is named. The plaza is the historic gateway to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.[3] This station opened in 2009 as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension and was one of two underground stations on the Eastside Extension (the other being Soto).
Mariachi Plaza  | |||||||||||||
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 Mariachi Plaza station platform | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 1831 East 1st Street Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°02′50″N 118°13′11″W / 34.0473°N 118.2198°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 | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers[1] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 15, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Mariachi Plaza/Boyle Heights | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| FY 2024 | 462 (avg. wkdy boardings)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Until 1963, the Los Angeles Railway's P Line yellow streetcars operated on the surface of 1st Street, including a stop near this station.[4]
Service
editStation layout
editThere are two levels underground: a mezzanine with ticket machines and gates, and below that, an island platform with two tracks. There is one entrance to the station at the intersection of 1st Street and Boyle Avenue, at the namesake Mariachi Plaza.
Hours and frequency
editE 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.[5]
Connections
editAs of June 23, 2024[update], the following connections are available:[6]
Notable places nearby
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The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
References
edit- ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
- ^ "Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension (Wayback Machine)" (PDF). August 13, 2011. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ H.P. Noordwal (1938). "Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes" (Map). Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Los Angeles Railway. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021. "Alternate link" (Map). via Google. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "E Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 23, 2024. p. 1. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
