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Historic BroadwayA Line E Line
Historic Broadway station platform
General information
Location202 South Broadway
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°03′07″N 118°14′46″W / 34.052023°N 118.246104°W / 34.052023; -118.246104
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsSee Connections section
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingPaid parking nearby
Bicycle facilitiesMetro Bike Share station, racks, lockers
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 16, 2023 (2023-06-16)
Previous names2nd St/Broadway
Passengers
FY 20241,341 (avg. wkdy boardings)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hilltoward Long Beach A Line Little Tokyo/Arts Districttoward Azusa
Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hilltoward Santa Monica E Line Little Tokyo/Arts Districttoward East Los Angeles
Location

Historic Broadway station is an underground light rail station on the A and E lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the southeast corner of 2nd Street and Broadway in the Historic Core section of Downtown Los Angeles. In planning documents, the station was originally going to be named 2nd St/Broadway.

Historic Broadway was built as part of the Regional Connector project, a tunnel through Downtown Los Angeles. The station is sited in privately owned land and required an agreement with the property's owner, which reserved the right to build a high-rise building above the station entrance on the site in the future. It was constructed via the sequential excavation method, the first time Metro has utilized the process.

Service

Hours and frequency

A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.

E Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.

Connections

As of June 23, 2024, the following connections are available:

Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

Station artwork

Entrance to the station, with Bowers' The People United on display

Historic Broadway station is home to four Metro Art-commissioned artworks.

The station's glass entry pavilion is wrapped in Andrea Bowers' The People United (“El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,” Sergio Ortega and Quilapayun; “Brown Beret 13 Point Political Program,” La Causa) which features text artwork of revolutionary slogans such as “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido” (the people united will never be divided) and “By independence we mean the right to self-determination, self-government and freedom.”

According to Metro Art, "the first text is often heard chanted at marches and political demonstrations around the world". It originated in Chile between 1969 and 1973 in support of Salvador Allende’s presidential election and evolved into an anthem composed by Sergio Ortega for the Chilean Popular Unity coalition. The second is taken from a mission statement of the Brown Berets, a Chicano civil rights group founded in East Los Angeles and active during the late 1960s and early 1970s."

On the mezzanine level of the station, you can find Mark Steven Greenfield's glass mosaic named Red Car Requiem, a "sentimental tribute" to the Los Angeles Pacific Electric Red Cars. The artwork represents different destinations along a route, rendered in red, orange, and yellow hues of the Red Cars. It features a series of rosette-like clusters of curvilinear shapes that are connected by sweeping lines. Each rosette contains unique shapes that were once punched into Red Car passenger tickets.

Along the walls of the station platform is a mural by photojournalist Clarence Williams, entitled Migrations, and a temporary lightbox art installation by Ralph Gilbert, Performance on the Streets of LA.

References

  1. "Station Map". Metro Bike Share. January 27, 2015. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  2. "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  3. "2nd St/Broadway Station". Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. "Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors". February 23, 2017. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  5. "Tunnel Achievement Award: LA Metro's Regional Connector". Tunnel Business Magazine. August 12, 2020. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  6. "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  7. "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  8. "E Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 23, 2024. p. 1. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  9. "Downtown Los Angeles Destination Guide" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  10. "The People United ("El pueblo unido jamás será vencido," Sergio Ortega and Quilapayun; "Brown Beret 13 Point Political Program," La Causa)". Metro Art. October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  11. "Red Car Requiem". Metro Art. October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.

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