Lake station (Los Angeles Metro)

Lake
Exterior of the station in 2016
General information
Location	340 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 by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus LADOT Commuter Express Pasadena Transit
Construction
Structure type	Freeway median, below-grade
Parking	22 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 26, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-07-26)
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 toward APU/Citrus College Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station at AT&SF station Pasadena toward Los Angeles Main Line Via Pasadena, Pomona 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.^[2]

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.