Memorial Park  | |||||||||||||
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 Memorial Park station platforms in 2023, with artwork at upper right | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 125 East Holly Street Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°08′51″N118°08′52″W / 34.1476°N 118.1479°W /34.1476; -118.1479 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | SeeConnections section | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | Below-grade | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks andlockers | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | July 26, 2003 (2003-07-26) | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| FY 2025 | 1,352 (avg. wkdy boardings)[1] | ||||||||||||
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Memorial Park station is a below-gradelight rail station on theA Line of theLos Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at Holly Street and at the end ofArroyo Parkway inPasadena, California. The station is named after the nearby Memorial Park and is situated on the northern edge ofOld Town Pasadena.
Memorial Park station was built in a trench beneath the Holly Street Village Apartments, which was constructed with the trench in 1994 in anticipation of a light rail station at this site. Memorial Park station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the originalGold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.
The station features a work of art,The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story, created by artist John Valadez. The over 100-foot-long (30 m) artwork, fabricated from aluminum, honorscave paintings made by the indigenous peoples of the Pasadena area.[2]
It is one of the A Line stations near theRose Parade route onColorado Boulevard and is heavily used by people coming to see the parade.[3] The station is also located near theRose Bowl Shuttle, which stops at theParsons Corporation building and offers service to most events at the stadium. During the2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from the Rose Bowl.[4]
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.[5]
As of September 19, 2025[update], the following connections are available:[5]
This station will connect with theNorth Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Project, a newbus rapid transit line in theMetro Busway network. As of 2024[update], BRT service is scheduled to begin in late 2027.[8][9]
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
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