Pico station

For the station in East Los Angeles, see Pico/Aliso (Los Angeles Metro station).

Pico
Pico Metro Blue & Expo Lines Station.
General information
Location	1236 South Flower Street
Owned by	Metro
Line(s)	Metro Rail:  A Line  E Line Metro Transitway:  J Line
Platforms	1 center platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metro Local: 30, 81, 330* Metro Express: 442*, 460 LADOT DASH: DD†, F† LADOT Commuter Express: 419*, 422*, 423*, 438*, 448* OCTA: 701*, 721* * M-F rush hours only † Sat-Sun only
Construction
Parking	none
Bicycle facilities	none
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
History
Opened	July 14, 1990 (July 14, 1990)
Services
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Pico Station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located in the South Park neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles, on Flower Street just north of Pico Boulevard. The station is served by the Metro Blue Line and the Metro Expo Line. The Metro Silver Line buses heading northbound to El Monte Station stop one block west of the station at Figueroa Street and Pico Boulevard. Soutbound Silver Line buses heading to Harbor Gateway Transit Center stop at Flower St./Pico Blvd.

The full (official) station name is Pico/Chick Hearn. This name memorializes sportscaster Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (1916–2002), longtime play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Service

Metro Rail service

Blue & Expo Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.

Metro Liner service

The Metro Silver Line northbound street stop is located at Figueroa Street & Pico Boulevard (1 block west of the Pico Station). The Silver Line southbound street stop is Flower St/Pico Blvd, next to the station. Silver Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 1:00 AM Monday- Friday & 5:00 A.M.- 1:00 A.M. Saturdays/ Sundays & Holidays.

Location

Pico station serves the South Park neighborhood on its east, and the Figueroa/convention district on its west. It is located on the east side of Flower Street, just north of Pico Boulevard.

North of this station is the Flower Street Tunnel, which connects Pico station to 7th St/Metro Center Station via Flower Street. The tunnel's portal is just south of 11th Street on Flower Street. The tunnel will be extended when the Regional Connector is completed.

Attractions

The station is within walking distance to the following attractions:

• Staples Center
• Chick Hearn Court/L.A. Live
• Los Angeles Convention Center
• Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles Campus
• California Hospital Medical Center
• Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California

Design

Southbound	■ Blue Line	toward Downtown Long Beach (Grand/LATTC)
	■ Expo Line	toward Culver City (LATTC/Ortho Institute)
Northbound	■ Blue Line	toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Terminus)
	■ Expo Line	toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Terminus)

Pico is an at-grade center-platform station designed to accommodate Metro light rail vehicles. The station's entrance is on the northeast corner of Flower/Pico.

Metro added gates and flashing lights at this station during late December 2011, as part of a set of safety enhancements that were added to the Expo Line project.

History

Pico station opened along with the Blue Line on July 14, 1990 and was the site of opening day celebrations. Because the underground portion of the line were not yet complete, this station served as the northern terminus for the line until February 1991 when 7th St/Metro Center Station opened.

External links

• Station connections overview
• Metro Expo Line Construction Authority
• Project Website, Metro Rail Expo Corridor, Phase 1 to Culver City
• Pico Station 'relation' on OpenStreetMap