Anaheim Street station
Anaheim Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at its intersection with Anaheim Street, after which the station is named, in Long Beach, California.
This station is not named after the city of Anaheim, which is about away; it is named after the street near which it is located.
History
When the line opened on July 14, 1990, as the Blue Line, this station was the southern terminus until the Downtown Long Beach Loop opened several months later. To facilitate the loop, which runs in a clockwise direction, the two main tracks cross each other at an "X" within the median at 9th Street south of this station. The southbound track then continues in the median by itself beyond 8th Street, passes two stations, then curves west onto the 1st Street Transit Mall, where it has a brief 2-track segment through the Downtown Long Beach station. From there, the tracks continue as northbound, first turning north into the median of Pacific Avenue. After passing one more station, the track then curves east onto 8th Street before turning back north onto Long Beach Boulevard.
Service
Connections
, the following connections are available:
Station
Local Odysseys is a photo-montage project by Metro Art commissioned artist Terry Braunstein, installed at Anaheim Street Station. The artwork consists of fourteen photo-montages fabricated into porcelain enamel panels. The project features contemporary photographs of “local heroes” from the station area—individuals who have contributed to the community through service, often without wide recognition, such as volunteers in community service organizations.
Notable places nearby