Del Mar station

Del Mar
A Line 
Del Mar station platform in 2015
General information
Location230 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, California
Coordinates34°08′33″N 118°08′56″W / 34.1426°N 118.1488°W / 34.1426; -118.1488
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking610 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and bike room
AccessibleYes
ArchitectMoule and Polyzoides
History
Opened1887 (1887)
Rebuilt1935 (1935) (second station)
2003 (light rail station)
Previous namesPasadena
Passengers
FY 2024966 (avg. wkdy boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Memorial Park
toward Azusa
A Line Fillmore
toward Long Beach
Former services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Fillmore
toward Atlantic
L Line Memorial Park
Former services (Pasadena station)
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Los Angeles
Terminus
Desert Wind
1979–1986
Pomona
toward Chicago
Southwest Chief
1984–1994
Southwest Limited
1974–1984
Super Chief
1971–1974
Las Vegas Limited
1976
Pomona
toward Las Vegas
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Raymond Hill Main Line Lake Avenue
toward Chicago
La Grande Station
To 1939
Terminus
Location
Map

Del Mar station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located between Arroyo Seco Parkway and Raymond Avenue at Del Mar Boulevard, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The station is located on the site of the historic Pasadena Santa Fe Depot and the station building, built in 1935, still stands on the property.

The property surrounding the station, situated on the southern edge of Old Town Pasadena, has been used extensively for transit-oriented development projects, including one apartment building that was built over the tracks, creating a tunnel for trains.

The light rail station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.

It is one of the stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is used by people coming to see the parade.[3]

This station features station art called Kinetic Energy, created by artist Ries Niemi.

  1. ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  3. ^ Riding Metro on New Year's Day Archived December 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 21, 2014.