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(Redirected from Soto (Los Angeles Metro station)) Los Angeles Metro Rail station For the G Line station, see De Soto station.
SotoE Line
Soto station platform
General information
Location2330 East 1st Street
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°02′38″N 118°12′38″W / 34.0440°N 118.2106°W / 34.0440; -118.2106
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsLos Angeles Metro Bus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedNovember 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)
Passengers
FY 2024988 (avg. wkdy boardings)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Mariachi Plazatoward Santa Monica E Line Indianatoward East Los Angeles
Former services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Indianatoward Atlantic L Line Mariachi Plazatoward APU/Citrus College
Location

Soto station is an underground light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located underneath 1st Street at its intersection with Soto Street in the heart of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. This station opened in 2009 as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension and was one of two underground stations on the Eastside Extension (the other being Mariachi Plaza).

Service

Station layout

There are two levels underground: a mezzanine with ticket machines and gates, and below that, an island platform with two tracks. There is one entrance to the station located at the intersection of 1st Street and South Soto Street.

Hours and frequency

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:

Points of Interest

The station is walkable to one of the last Pioneer Chicken restaurants in the LA Region, a former chain known for a distinctive breading and unique menu options such as gizzards. In addition, the Evergreen Cemetery interns a number of historically significant figures from the Los Angeles pioneer era. Hollenbeck Park is a historic public park designed in late Victorian style.

References

  1. "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.
  2. "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  3. Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension destination map Archived 2009-05-22 at the Wayback Machine LACMTA Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  4. "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  5. "E Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 23, 2024. p. 1. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

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Media related to Soto (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons

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