Cal State LA station

Cal State L.A.
Cal State LA westbound busway platform
General information
Location5150 State University Drive
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°03′45″N 118°10′13″W / 34.0625°N 118.1702°W / 34.0625; -118.1702
Owned byCaltrans and California State University, Los Angeles Consortium
Operated byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)SCRRA San Gabriel Subdivision[1]
Platforms
Tracks1
ConnectionsSee connections section
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleYes
History
Opened
  • February 18, 1975 (1975-02-18) (Busway)
  • October 26, 1994 (1994-10-26) (Metrolink)
Passengers
FY 2024899 (avg. wkdy boardings, J Line)[2]
Services
Preceding station Metrolink Following station
L.A. Union Station
Terminus
 San Bernardino Line El Monte
toward San Bernardino–Downtown
San Bernardino Line Express Covina
toward Redlands–Downtown
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
LA General Medical Center
toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro
 J Line
 El Monte
Terminus
Location
Map

Cal State LA station (officially Cal State Los Angeles station)[3] is a commuter rail and busway 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,[4] and the Metrolink platform was added on October 26, 1994.[5]

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. 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]

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.[7]

  1. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 19.
  2. ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  3. ^ "Rail Station Naming" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 15, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  4. ^ "February 18: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. December 29, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  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 November 30, 2020 – via Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive.
  7. ^ "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.