North Hollywood station

North Hollywood is a combined subway station and bus rapid transit (BRT) station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Metro Busway systems. It is the northwestern terminus of the B Line subway and eastern terminus of the G Line BRT route. It is located at the intersection of Lankershim Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard in the North Hollywood district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.[2]

North Hollywood
   
Platform View of the B Line
Location5357 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Coordinates34.1688°N 118.3766°W / 34.1688; -118.3766
Owned byMetro
Line(s)Metro Rail:
 B Line (Red) 
Metro Busway:
 G Line (Orange) 
Platforms1 island platform (B Line)
1 side platform (G Line)
Connections"Kiss & Ride" passenger drop-off area
Construction
Platform levels2
ParkingPaid parking: 490 Spaces
Paid parking: 461 Spaces
Bicycle facilities8 bike rack spaces[1]
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedB Line: June 24, 2000 (June 24, 2000)
G Line: October 29, 2005 (October 29, 2005)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Terminus B Line (Red) Universal City/Studio City
toward Union Station
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Laurel Canyon
toward Chatsworth
 G Line (Orange) Terminus
Location
A G Line bus.

Station layout
G Street level Exit/Entrance
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ←  G Line (Orange)  toward Chatsworth (Laurel Canyon)
B1 Mezzanine Faregates, ticket machines, to Exits/Entrances
B2 Southbound →  B Line (Red)  toward Union Station (Universal City/Studio City) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Southbound →  B Line (Red)  toward Union Station (Universal City/Studio City) →

Metro Rail and BRT service

B Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 AM until 1:00 AM daily.[3]

Metro Liner G Line BRT (bus rapid transitway) runs 24 hours a day.

Underground passageway

Metro constructed a second entrance on the west side of Lankershim Boulevard, which allows riders to connect between the G Line (surface bus rapid transit) and the B Line (underground heavy rail) via an underground passageway. This underground connection was completed in August 2016.[4]

Location

North Hollywood Metro station is located on Lankershim Boulevard, which forms the western border of the station and parking lot; it is bordered on its South side by Chandler Boulevard. It is one block south of Burbank Boulevard (but is not bordered by Burbank) and is one block west of Vineland Avenue (but is not bordered by Vineland). The station is located in the neighborhood of the same name in the eastern San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles.

Development of surrounding area

Since the opening of the station in 2000, transit-oriented developments have begun to be constructed in the area around the station including thousands of apartments and office buildings. NoHo Tower (a 15-story apartment building) is across the street from the station and NoHo Commons, a multi-use complex which includes several floors of apartments above a level of retail. In September 2007, transportation officials approved NoHo Art Wave.[5] That project did not start due to the recession, but in 2016 a public-private partnership with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was proposed on the 16 acres (6.5 ha) surrounding the station.[6][7]

Lankershim Depot
Depot after restoration, 2014

The Southern Pacific Railway built the Lankershim Depot in 1896 on land that is adjacent to the current G Line platforms. It later served as a stop on the Pacific Electric system after its North Hollywood Line opened in 1911. In 2014, the station was restored for a cost of $3.6 million,[8] and is currently occupied by a coffee shop.[9]

Bus connections
The entrance to the B Line platform.
  • Metro Local: 152, 154, 162, 183, 224, 237, 353, 656 (late night only)
  • Metro Express: 501
  • Bob Hope Airport Shuttle (weekends & holidays only, free on-demand van service operated by SuperShuttle, reservations recommended)
  • Burbank Bus: NoHo-Airport, NoHo-Media District
  • City of Santa Clarita Transit: 757
  • LADOT Commuter Express: 549 (stops at Lankershim and Chandler)

Attractions
North Hollywood Metro B Line Station platform.

References
  1. "Orange Line". Metro. LACMTA. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. "Red Line station information".
  3. "Red/Purple Line timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  4. "Work Begins on Metro's NoHo Tunnel and Universal Ped Bridge". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  5. Rong-Gong Lin II and Sharon Bernstein, Large transit-oriented development OKd for North Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2007.
  6. Khouri, Andrew (23 June 2016). "Chinese developer teams up on big North Hollywood mixed-use project". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  7. Vincent, Roger (2019-11-17). "$1-billion plan for North Hollywood station takes shape". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  8. Segura, Daniella (October 30, 2014). "Metro finishes $3.6 million makeover of Lankershim Depot". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  9. "Groundwork Coffee opens café in newly restored North Hollywood historic train depot". Tea & Coffee Trade Journal. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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