Cal State LA station (officially Cal State Los Angeles station) is a

commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...

and busway station located on the

El Monte Busway The El Monte Busway (also known as the I-10 ExpressLanes) is a shared-use express bus corridor ( busway) and high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes running along Interstate 10 (San Bernardino Freeway) between Alameda Street near Union Station in Dow ...

. The station is located between

Interstate 10 Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System of the United States. It is the fourth-longest Interstate in the country at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. It was part of the origina ...

and its namesake, the campus of

California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) is a public research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system. Cal State LA offers 142 bachelor's degree programs, 122 m ...

. It is located in the El Sereno neighborhood of the

City of Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city ...

and Eastside region, in southern

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. The busway portion of the station opened on February 18, 1975, and the Metrolink platform was added on October 26, 1994. 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 An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

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. 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.

Service

The station is served by the Metrolink San Bernardino Line

line and two bus rapid transit routes: the J Line, operated by Metro and the Silver Streak, operated by

Foothill Transit Foothill Transit is a public transit agency that is government funded by 22 member cities in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys. It operates a fixed-route bus public transit service in the San Gabriel Valley region of eastern Los Angeles Cou ...

. Silver Streak buses run 24 hours a day between the Montclair Transit Center, El Monte Station, and Downtown Los Angeles. On weekdays, buses operate every 15 minutes most of the day, every 30 minutes during evenings and every hour overnight. The busway station is also served by

Los Angeles Metro Bus The Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). Metro Bus operates in the Los Angeles Basin, the San Fernando Valley, and th ...

express routes and along with Foothill Transit routes , , , , and . Metro's Express 487 route operates all-day, seven days a week; the rest only run during weekday peak periods.

Local bus connections

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

City of Commerce Transit Many transit agencies serve Southern California. They range from large organizations serving thousands of people to one-route services provided by local cities. The majority of these agencies mainly serve localized areas of Los Angeles County. In ...

: 200 * Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court Shuttle * El Sol: City Terrace/ELAC *

: , , *

Montebello Bus Lines Montebello Bus Lines is a municipal bus operator in Montebello, California, USA, mainly serving East Los Angeles, Commerce, and Montebello. History Montebello Bus Lines began on 28 July 1931, with a small lot on the corner of Greenwood Avenu ...

: 10 * Monterey Park Spirit Bus: 5, Link Shuttle

Station layout

Cal State LA station has a unique multi-level design. The street-level facilities are on the south end of the Cal State LA campus and include ticket vending machines and bus plaza. The westbound busway platform is one level below the street level. On the lowest level, the train platform is located directly under the westbound busway platform and the eastbound busway platform is reached from a bridge across both lanes of the busway. The Metrolink platform at Cal State LA station is only long, about half the length of the typical Metrolink platform, so not all train doors open when serving this station.

Gallery

File:CSULA Metro Silver Line Station- 2.JPG, Eastbound platform. File:CSULA Metro Silver Line Station- 1.JPG, Bridge to the eastbound platform.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:California State University, Los Angeles (Lacmta Station) Los Angeles Metro Busway stations Metrolink stations in Los Angeles County, California J Line (Los Angeles Metro) California State University, Los Angeles Eastside Los Angeles El Sereno, Los Angeles Railway stations in Los Angeles Railway stations in California at university and college campuses Railway stations in the United States opened in 1994 1994 establishments in California Bus stations in Los Angeles Railway stations in highway medians