Del Mar station

Del Mar
Del Mar station platform in 2015
General information
Location	230 South Raymond Avenue Pasadena, California
Coordinates	34°08′33″N 118°08′56″W / 34.1426°N 118.1488°W / 34.1426; -118.1488
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	ArtCenter College of Design Shuttle Foothill Transit Los Angeles Metro Bus Pasadena Transit
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	610 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and bike room
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Moule and Polyzoides
History
Opened	1887 (1887)
Rebuilt	1935 (1935) (second station) 2003 (light rail station)
Previous names	Pasadena
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Memorial Park toward Azusa A Line Fillmore toward Long Beach
Former services (Pasadena station) Preceding station Amtrak Following station Los Angeles Terminus Desert Wind 1979–1986 Pomona toward Chicago Southwest Chief 1984–1994 Southwest Limited 1974–1984 Super Chief 1971–1974 Las Vegas Limited 1976 Pomona toward Las Vegas Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station Raymond Hill toward Los Angeles Main Line Via Pasadena, Pomona Lake Avenue toward Chicago
Location

Del Mar station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located between Arroyo Parkway and Raymond Avenue at Del Mar Boulevard, after which the station is named, in Pasadena, California. The station is located on the site of the historic Pasadena Santa Fe Depot and the station building, built in 1935, still stands on the property.

The property surrounding the station, situated on the southern edge of Old Town Pasadena, has been used extensively for transit-oriented development projects, including one apartment building that was built over the tracks, creating a tunnel for trains.

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 stations near the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard and is used by people coming to see the parade.^[2]

This station features station art called Kinetic Energy, created by artist Ries Niemi.