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Hollywood/Highland station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line (Los Angeles Metro), B Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Hollywood Boulevard at its intersection with Highland Avenue (Los Angeles), Highland Avenue, after which the station is named, in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood, California, Hollywood.
The station's entrance is located inside the Ovation Hollywood development which was built at about the same time as the station. The main entrances faces Hollywood Boulevard and is located in the center of the tourist area of Hollywood, near such attractions including the Dolby Theatre, El Capitan Theatre, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Museum and the Ripley's Believe It or Not!#California, Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum.
The design of the station was created by three different firms. The designer of the station is Sheila Klein, and the constructor of the station is CannonDesign. The lighting, material and mechanical design are from HLB Lighting Design.
The construction of the station were to be made of equipments given by the Los Angeles Metro, Metro, which according to HLB, made it challenging. The lighting pillars of the station was to resemble like a flower, and it was carefully sized to match well with the smooth, curved ceiling which 'resembled a belly'. Sheila Klein named the architecture of the station, "Underground Girl".
''LACMTA'' Retrieved October 18, 2009 Hollywood/Highland is beneath the Hollywood and Highland, shopping center of the same name and the Dolby Theatre. Pacific Electric Red Car interurban trains stopped on the surface in the early 1900s; this marked the junction of the Hollywood Line with the San Fernando Valley lines to Owensmouth Line, Owensmouth and San Fernando Line, San Fernando. Due to ⍌28⍍, terrorism concerns, the station is closed on the day of the Academy Awards starting with the 74th Academy Awards on March 24, 2002. The one day station closure has remained in effect every year ever since except for the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021 in which that year's ceremony was held at Los Angeles Union Station, Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in California.
Service
Station layout
Hollywood/Highland is a two-story station; the top level is a mezzanine with ticket machines while the bottom is the platform level. The station uses a simple island platform with two tracks.Hours and frequency
Connections
, the following connections are available: * Los Angeles Metro Bus: , , * Hollywood Bowl shuttle * LADOT DASH: Hollywood; West Hollywood Cityline CommuterDesign and architecture
The design of the station was created by three different firms. The designer of the station is Sheila Klein, and the constructor of the station is CannonDesign. The lighting, material and mechanical design are from HLB Lighting Design.
The construction of the station were to be made of equipments given by the Los Angeles Metro, Metro, which according to HLB, made it challenging. The lighting pillars of the station was to resemble like a flower, and it was carefully sized to match well with the smooth, curved ceiling which 'resembled a belly'. Sheila Klein named the architecture of the station, "Underground Girl".
Future K Line connection
The under construction K Line (Los Angeles Metro), K Line will connect to this station via the future northern extension from the Expo/Crenshaw (Los Angeles Metro station), Expo/Crenshaw station (current terminus) which would offer connections to West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Crenshaw, Los Angeles, Crenshaw District, Leimert Park, Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile, Inglewood, California, City of Inglewood, and Los Angeles International Airport, LAX. It will also allow connections to the E Line (Los Angeles Metro), E Line, D Line (Los Angeles Metro), D Line, and C Line (Los Angeles Metro), C Line as well as the LAX Automated People Mover.Location
The station is located in Hollywood at the intersection between two major roads, Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue (Los Angeles), Highland Avenue.Red Line''LACMTA'' Retrieved October 18, 2009 Hollywood/Highland is beneath the Hollywood and Highland, shopping center of the same name and the Dolby Theatre. Pacific Electric Red Car interurban trains stopped on the surface in the early 1900s; this marked the junction of the Hollywood Line with the San Fernando Valley lines to Owensmouth Line, Owensmouth and San Fernando Line, San Fernando. Due to ⍌28⍍, terrorism concerns, the station is closed on the day of the Academy Awards starting with the 74th Academy Awards on March 24, 2002. The one day station closure has remained in effect every year ever since except for the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021 in which that year's ceremony was held at Los Angeles Union Station, Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in California.
References
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