Cal State LA station

Cal State LA (officially Cal State Los Angeles)[2] is a commuter train and bus station located on the El Monte Busway. The station is located between Interstate 10 and its namesake, the campus of California State University, Los Angeles. It is located in the El Sereno neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles and Eastside region, in southern California. The busway portion of the station opened on February 18, 1975[3] and the Metrolink platform was added on October 26, 1994.[4]

Cal State LA
Metrolink and LA Metro station
Cal State LA westbound busway platform
Location	5150 State University Drive Los Angeles, California, 90032
Coordinates	34.0625°N 118.1702°W
Owned by	Caltrans, California State University, Los Angeles Consortium
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	SCRRA San Gabriel Subdivision[1]
Platforms	1 side platform (Metrolink) 2 side platforms (El Monte Busway)
Tracks	1
Connections	Metro Local: 71, 256, 258, 665 Alhambra Community Transit: Blue El Sol: East Los Angeles College/City Terrace, Children’s Court Shuttle Monterey Park Spirit Bus: 5
Construction
Parking	No public parking
History
Opened	February 18, 1975 (Busway) October 26, 1994 (Metrolink)
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station Los Angeles Union Station Terminus San Bernardino Line El Monte toward San Bernardino–Downtown Preceding station Metro Busway Following station LA County+USC Medical Center toward Downtown San Pedro J Line El Monte Terminus
Location

Just west of this station, the westbound busway lanes cross over the eastbound lanes, reversing the normal placement of the lanes. They remain reversed until the western terminus of the El Monte Busway at Union Station. Just east of this station, the busway and train tracks move off the separate right of way and move into the median of Interstate 10.[5] The reversed lanes allow buses to serve by a single island platform station at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center but prevent vehicles from entering the busway from the general-purpose lanes of Interstate 10 in the eastbound direction.[6] The El Monte station near the Santa Anita Avenue terminus would open later on July 14, 1973.[7]

Service

The station is served by the Metrolink San Bernardino Line commuter rail line and two bus rapid transit routes: the J Line, operated by Metro and the Silver Streak, operated by Foothill Transit.

The busway station is also served by Metro Express routes 487 and 489 along with Foothill Transit routes 490, 493, 495, 498, 499, and 699. Metro Express 487 operates all-day, seven days a week; the rest only run during weekday peak periods.

Local bus services

Cal State LA station is also served by several bus routes that use bus stops near the station on surface streets:

• Metro Local: 71, 256, 258, 665
• Alhambra Community Transit: Blue
• El Sol: East Los Angeles College/City Terrace, Children's Court Shuttle
• Monterey Park Spirit Bus: 5

Gallery

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  Eastbound platform.
• 
  Bridge to the eastbound platform.

References

1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
2. "Rail Station Naming" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 15, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
3. "February 18: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. December 29, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
4. "Cal State L.A. station opens on S.B. rail line". The San Bernardino County Sun. October 27, 1994. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "From Dream to Reality El Monte-Los Angeles Busway" (PDF). Southern California Rapid Transit District. 1975. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive.
6. Hillmer, Jon; Parry, Stephen T. (June 5, 1994). The El Monte Busway: A Twenty-Year Retrospective (PDF) (Report). Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive.
7. "40 Years Ago This Week: Groundbreaking For El Monte Busway — California's First Multi-Modal System & The World's First Bus Rapid Transit Station". Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. January 24, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

External links

• Metrolink — Cal State LA Station