Highland Park station (Los Angeles Metro)

Highland Park station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of North Avenue 57 at Marmion Way (one block north of North Figueroa Street) in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, after which the station is named. The station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.

Highland Park
 
Highland Park station platform in 2024
General information
Location151 North Avenue 57
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34.1112°N 118.1926°W / 34.1112; -118.1926
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • Los Angeles Metro Bus
  • LADOT DASH
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers
AccessibleYes
History
Openedc. 1911
Closed1965
Rebuilt2003
Previous namesAvenue 57
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
South Pasadena
toward APU/Citrus College
 A Line Southwest Museum
toward Long Beach
Former service (at AT&SF station)
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Sycamore Grove
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line
Via Pasadena, Pomona
 Garvanza
toward Chicago
Location

The original Highland Park station and freight depot, for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was demolished in 1965.

During the construction and planning stages, Highland Park station was originally planned to be named Avenue 57 station, named for nearby Avenue 57. It was one of three stations to be renamed shortly before the line's opening.

The station features an architectural sculpture, called 'Stone Tree Inverted Post (Bound Water Light),' created by artist Jud Fine.

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