Hollywood/Highland station

Hollywood/Highland
Platform View
Location	6815 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 90028 USA
Coordinates	34°06′06″N 118°20′19″W / 34.1016°N 118.3386°W
Owned by	Metro
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metro Local: 156, 210, 212, 217, 222, 312, 656 Metro Rapid: 780 LADOT DASH: Hollywood, Hollywood/West Hollywood
Construction
Parking	120 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 24, 2000
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station Universal City toward North Hollywood Red Line Hollywood/Vine toward Union Station

Hollywood/Highland is a heavy rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. This station is served by the Red Line.^[1]

The station is the northernmost station on the Red Line in Hollywood. The next stop to the north is the Universal City/Studio City station in the San Fernando Valley.

With its entrance on Hollywood Boulevard, the Hollywood/Highland Station is located in the center of the tourist area of Hollywood, near such tourist attractions as Dolby Theatre, Ripley's Believe It or Not! and the Hollywood Museum. As in New York City's Times Square, costumed characters on the sidewalk outside offer themselves for photos with tourists.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Faregates, ticket machines, to Exits/Entrances
B2	Westbound	←  Red Line  toward North Hollywood (Universal City/Studio City)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→  Red Line  toward Union Station (Hollywood/Vine) →

Hollywood/Highland is a two-story station; the top level is a mezzanine with ticket machines while the bottom is the platform level. The station uses a simple island platform setup with two tracks. Architecturally, Hollywood/Highland station shares similarities with other Metro subway stations and the design of the entrance to the station may have been inspired by the entrances of New York City's Times Square – 42nd Street / Port Authority Bus Terminal station.

Design and Architecture

View from the mezzanine level

The ticket machine and the faregate

The station headhouse at night in 2016

The construction designing of the station were teamed up by three different firms. The designer of the station is Sheila Klein, and the constructor of the station is CannonDesign. The lightings, materials, and the mechanical design's responsibility were given to HLB Lighting Design.

The construction of the station were to be made of equipments given by the Metro, which according to HLB, made it challenging. The lighting pillars of the station was to resemble like a flower, and it was carefully sized to match well with the smooth, curved ceiling which 'resembled a belly'.^[2] Sheila Klein named the architecture of the station, "Underground Girl".^[3]

Metro Rail service

Red Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.^[4]

Location

The station is located in Hollywood at the intersection between two major roads, Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.^[5] Hollywood/Highland is beneath the shopping center of the same name and the Dolby Theatre. Due to terrorism concerns, the station is closed on the day of the Academy Awards.

References

1. http://www.buildexpo.org/phase1_overview.php
2. "Los Angeles Metro Rail Hollywood / Highland Station". Horton Lees Brodgen (HLB) Lighting Design. Horton Lees Brodgen (HLB) Lighting Design. Retrieved 2014.
3. "Metro Art rendezvous: May art tours". TheSource: Transportation News & Views. Heidi Zeller. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
4. "Red/Purple Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
5. Red Line LACMTA Retrieved 2009-10-18

External links

• Media related to Hollywood/Highland (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Station connections overview