Long Beach Boulevard station is a elevated light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), above Long Beach Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Lynwood, California.

Long Beach Bl
C Line 
Long Beach Boulevard station platform
General information
Location11508 Long Beach Boulevard
Lynwood, California
Coordinates33°55′30″N 118°12′36″W / 33.9249°N 118.2100°W / 33.9249; -118.2100
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeFreeway median, elevated
Parking635 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedAugust 12, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-08-12)
Previous namesLong Beach Blvd/I-105
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Willowbrook/​Rosa Parks C Line Lakewood Boulevard
toward Norwalk
Former services (as Lynnwood)
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Modjeska Park Santa Ana Lugo
Location
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The station is not named for the city of Long Beach, which is located several miles south of this station, and is served by A Line.

The original name for the station was Long Beach Blvd/I-105, but was later changed to Long Beach Boulevard.

History

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The Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot at its original location in 1933

Prior to the establishment of service on Metro Green Line, the location served as Lynwood depot, a station on the Pacific Electric's Santa Ana Line serving the West Santa Ana Branch. At some point after service was discontinued,[when?] the small mission revival station building was relocated to Lynwood Park to make way for the Century Freeway, where it still stands to this day. The 1917 depot, one of only several in the area which survived the devastating 1933 Long Beach earthquake, has been registered as a historic American building by the Historic American Buildings Survey.[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Service

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Hours and frequency

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C Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 10 minutes throughout the day. Night and early morning weekend service is every 20 minutes.[3]

Connections

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As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Metro C Line schedule". December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "C Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

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