Sierra Madre Villa station

Sierra Madre Villa
Location	149 N Halstead, Pasadena
Coordinates	34°08′52″N 118°04′53″W / 34.1478°N 118.0813°WCoordinates: 34°08′52″N 118°04′53″W / 34.1478°N 118.0813°W
Owned by	Metro
Platforms	1 center platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Free parking: 877 spaces Paid parking: 88 spaces
Bicycle facilities	10 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 Allen toward Atlantic Gold Line Arcadia toward APU/Citrus College

The view of the station from the entrance bridge that connects the parking building and the train platform.

Sierra Madre Villa is a freeway-median light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located above Sierra Madre Villa Avenue in the median of the 210 Freeway in Pasadena, California. The station is served by the Gold Line.^[1]

The station structure was designed by artist Tony Gleaton and features large photo portraits suspended above the platform access stairways. The adjacent 965-space parking structure was designed by artist Beth Thielen, using a theme of "nature and movement". The station, under naming schemes, is named for Sierra Madre Villa Avenue rather than the nearby city of Sierra Madre, although the major thoroughfare leads to Sierra Madre.

The parking structure entrance is on Halstead Street on the east side of the structure. The station is accessed via a pedestrian bridge from the fourth level of the parking structure, which passes over the westbound lanes of the Foothill Freeway.

Station layout

Platform	Southbound	←  Gold Line toward Atlantic (Allen)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→  Gold Line toward APU/Citrus College (Arcadia) →

Metro Rail service

Gold Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:15 AM daily.^[2]

Foothill Extension

The station was formerly the terminus for the Gold Line. Service easterly along the Gold Line Foothill Extension began on March 5, 2016.^[3]

Bus connections

(Note: All bus connections are located on the 1st floor)

• Metro Local: 175, 181, 264, 266, 268
• Metro Express: 487
• Foothill Transit: 187
• Pasadena Transit: 31, 32, 40, 60

Landmarks

• Kaiser Permanente
• Hastings Village Shopping Center
• Hastings Ranch Plaza

References

1. Station Description Metro Retrieved 2010-05-05.
2. "Gold Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
3. Nelson, Laura J. (March 5, 2016). "Metro Gold Line extension tests San Gabriel Valley's support for transit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

External links

Media related to Sierra Madre Villa station at Wikimedia Commons

• Station home page