Memorial Park station

Memorial Park
A Siemens train (the old Gold Line train) entering the platform in 2005.
Location	125 E Holly Street, Pasadena
Coordinates	34°08′51″N 118°08′52″W / 34.1476°N 118.1479°W
Owned by	Metro
Line(s)	Gold Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	none
Bicycle facilities	8 bike rack spaces 16 bike lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
History
Opened	July 26, 2003
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station Del Mar toward Atlantic Gold Line Lake toward APU/Citrus College

Memorial Park is a below-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at Holly Street and Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, California. The station is served by the Gold Line.^[1]

Situated on the northern edge of Old Town Pasadena, Memorial Park Station is located in a trench beneath the Holly Street Village Apartments, which were constructed in 1994 in anticipation of a light rail station at this site. This station features station art called The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story, created by artist John Valadez.

It is one of the Gold Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is heavily used by people coming to see the parade and to take the shuttle to the UCLA football games and the Rose Bowl Game at the Rose Bowl stadium.^[2]

Station layout

Southbound	■ Gold Line	toward Atlantic (Del Mar)
Northbound	■ Gold Line	toward APU/Citrus College (Lake)

Metro Rail service

Gold Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:15 AM daily.^[3]

Landmarks

• Armory Center for the Arts
• Art Center College of Design
• Brookside Golf Course
• Fuller Theological Seminary
• Gamble House
• Kidspace Children's Museum
• Memorial Park & Levitt Pavilion
• Norton Simon Museum
• Old Pasadena Shopping and Dining District
• Pacific Asia Museum
• Pasadena City Hall
• Pasadena Civic Center
• Pasadena Museum of California Art
• Paseo Colorado Shopping Center
• Rose Bowl
• Rose Bowl Aquatics Center

Bus connections

• Metro Local: 180, 181, 256, 260, 267, 686
• Metro Express: 501
• Metro Rapid: 762, 780
• Foothill Transit: 187, 690
• LADOT Commuter Express: 549
• Pasadena ARTS: 10, 20, 40, 51, 52

References

1. Station Description Metro Retrieved 2010-05-05.
2. Riding Metro on New Year's Day Retrieved 2014-09-21.
3. "Gold Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.