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 Platform and ceiling design of Hollywood/Highland station, July 2025 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 6815Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°06′06″N118°20′19″W / 34.1016°N 118.3386°W /34.1016; -118.3386 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Parking | Paid parking nearby | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Metro Bike Share station[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY 2025 | 3,767 (avg. wkdy boardings)[2] | ||||||||||
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Hollywood/Highland station is an undergroundrapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on theB Line of theLos Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located underHollywood Boulevard at its intersection withHighland Avenue, after which the station is named. It is the westernmost Metro station in theLos Angeles neighborhood ofHollywood.
The station's entrance is located inside theOvation Hollywood development which was built at about the same time as the station. The main entrances facesHollywood Boulevard and is located in the center of the tourist area of Hollywood, near such attractions including theDolby Theatre,El Capitan Theatre,TCL Chinese Theatre,Hollywood Museum and theRipley's Believe It or Not! museum.
The station is inHollywood on the corner ofHollywood Boulevard andHighland Avenue. Its entrance is inside theOvation Hollywood shopping complex, on the Hollywood Boulevard side of the building.[3]Pacific Electric Red Carinterurban trains stopped on the surface in the early 1900s; this marked the junction of theHollywood Line with theSan Fernando Valley lines toOwensmouth andSan Fernando.[4]
The Ovation Hollywood is the home of theDolby Theatre, which has been the venue of the annualAcademy Awards ceremony since 2002. Due to security concerns, the Hollywood/Highland station is generally closed on the day of the ceremony.
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 isCannonDesign. The lighting, material and mechanical design are from HLB Lighting Design.
The construction of the station were to be made of equipments given by theMetro, 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'.[5]Sheila Klein named the architecture of the station, "Underground Girl".[6]
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 simpleisland platform with two tracks.
B Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and midnight. Trains operate every 12 minutes during peak hours. Early morning and night service is approximately every 20 minutes.[7]
As of September 10, 2023[update], the following connections are available:[8]
TheK Line is proposed to connect to this station via a future northern extension from its current northern terminus atExpo/Crenshaw station, which would offer connections toWest Hollywood,Beverly Hills,Crenshaw District,Leimert Park,Miracle Mile,City of Inglewood, andLAX. It will also allow connections to theE Line,D Line, andC Line as well as theLAX Automated People Mover.[10]
After receiving public comment proposing the idea, Metro is also investigating an optional K Line northern terminus at a newHollywood Bowl station. Currently, taking Metro to the Hollywood Bowl requires either a mile-long walk by foot along Highland Avenue, or a trip on a shuttle that connects Ovation Hollywood to the Bowl. Neither option is particularly accessible for people with disabilities. Metro already works with the Hollywood Bowl to provide shuttles to and from events, and the new station would be an extension of that partnership.[11][12]
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