Lake station (Los Angeles Metro)

Lake
Lake station sitting in the median of the 210, photographed in 2016
General information
Location340 North Lake Avenue
Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°09′07″N 118°07′57″W / 34.1519°N 118.1324°W / 34.1519; -118.1324
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeFreeway median, below-grade
Parking22 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 26, 2003 (2003-07-26)
Passengers
FY 20241,006 (avg. wkdy boardings)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Memorial Park
toward Long Beach
A Line
Allen
toward Azusa
Former services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Memorial Park
toward Atlantic
L Line Allen
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
at AT&SF station
Pasadena Main Line Lamanda Park
toward Chicago
Location

Lake station is a below-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway), below North Lake Avenue, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The light rail station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project.

It is one of the A Line stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is used by people coming to see the parade on New Year's Day.

This station features station art called Everyday People, created by artist Pat Ward Williams. This station has a parking lot with 22 paid reserved spaces.