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 Historic Broadway station platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 202 SouthBroadway Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′07″N118°14′46″W / 34.052023°N 118.246104°W /34.052023; -118.246104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | SeeConnections section | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Paid parking nearby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Metro Bike Share station,[1]racks,lockers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 16, 2023 (2023-06-16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | 2nd St/Broadway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FY 2025 | 1,687 (avg. wkdy boardings, rail only)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Historic Broadway station is an undergroundlight rail station on theA andE lines of theLos Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the southeast corner of2nd Street andBroadway in theHistoric Core section ofDowntown Los Angeles.[3] In planning documents, the station was originally going to be named 2nd St/Broadway.[4]
Historic Broadway was built as part of theRegional 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 ahigh-rise building above the station entrance on the site in the future. It was constructed via thesequential excavation method, the first time Metro has utilized the process.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
As of December 15, 2024[update], the following connections are available:[8][9]
Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:[10]
Historic Broadway station is home to four Metro Art-commissioned artworks.
The station's glass entry pavilion is wrapped inAndrea 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 bySergio Ortega for the Chilean Popular Unity coalition. The second is taken from a mission statement of theBrown Berets, a Chicano civil rights group founded inEast Los Angeles and active during the late 1960s and early 1970s."[11]
On the mezzanine level of the station, you can find Mark Steven Greenfield's glass mosaic namedRed Car Requiem, a "sentimental tribute" to the Los AngelesPacific 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.[12]
Along the walls of the station platform is a mural by photojournalistClarence Williams, entitledMigrations, and a temporary lightbox art installation by Ralph Gilbert,Performance on the Streets of LA.
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