Monrovia station

Monrovia
A Line 
Monrovia station platform
General information
Location1641 South Primrose Avenue
Monrovia, California
Coordinates34°07′59″N 118°00′12″W / 34.13312°N 118.00330°W / 34.13312; -118.00330
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsFoothill Transit
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking350 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1886
Rebuilt1926, 2016[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Arcadia
toward Long Beach
 A Line
 Duarte/City of Hope
toward Azusa
Former services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Arcadia
toward Atlantic
 L Line Duarte/City of Hope
toward APU/Citrus College
Former services (at AT&SF station)
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Arcadia
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line
Via Pasadena, Pomona
 Duarte
toward Chicago
Location
Map
The Monrovia station in 1884 with a streetcar pulled by a mule on Myrtle Avenue in Monrovia, California. The Streetcar was sponsored by Cronenweit Jewelers which has a store in Monrovia and Azusa. The mule would pull the rail streetcar up hill to downtown and then be loaded on trailer and coast down to the station

Monrovia station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Duarte Road and Myrtle Avenue in Monrovia, California, after which the station is named. This station opened on March 5, 2016, as part of Phase 2A of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Project.[3][4]

  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. ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Nelson, Laura J. (March 5, 2016). "Metro Gold Line extension tests San Gabriel Valley's support for transit". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Foothill Extension Archived April 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.  Metro (LACMTA)