Hollywood/Highland is a heavy rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. This station is served by the Red Line.
The station is the northernmost station on the Red Line in Hollywood. The next stop to the north is the Universal City/Studio City station in the San Fernando Valley.
With its entrance on Hollywood Boulevard, the Hollywood/Highland Station is located in the center of the tourist area of Hollywood, near such tourist attractions as Dolby Theatre, Ripley's Believe It or Not! and the Hollywood Museum. As in New York City's Times Square, costumed characters on the sidewalk outside offer themselves for photos with tourists.
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Station layout
Hollywood/Highland is a two-story station; the top level is a mezzanine with ticket machines while the bottom is the platform level. The station uses a simple island platform setup with two tracks. Architecturally, Hollywood/Highland station shares similarities with other Metro subway stations and the design of the entrance to the station may have been inspired by the entrances of New York City's Times Square - 42nd Street / Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Design and Architecture
The construction designing of the station were teamed up by three different firms. The designer of the station is Sheila Klein, and the constructor of the station is CannonDesign. The lightings, materials, and the mechanical design's responsibility were given to HLB Lighting Design.
The construction of the station were to be made of equipments given by the Metro, which according to HLB, made it challenging. The lighting pillars of the station was to resemble like a flower, and it was carefully sized to match well with the smooth, curved ceiling which 'resembled a belly'. Sheila Klein named the architecture of the station, "Underground Girl".
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Metro Rail service
Red Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.
Future Crenshaw/LAX Line connection
The under construction Crenshaw/LAX Line will connect/terminate at this station via a future northern extension from the Expo/Crenshaw station (where it currently terminates) which would offer connections to West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Crenshaw District, Leimert Park, Miracle Mile, City of Inglewood, and LAX. It will also allow connections to the Expo Line, Purple Line, Green Line and the proposed LAX people mover.
Location
The station is located in Hollywood at the intersection between two major roads, Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. Hollywood/Highland is beneath the shopping center of the same name and the Dolby Theatre. Due to terrorism concerns, the station has been closed on the day of the Academy Awards since 2002.
References
External links
- Media related to Hollywood/Highland (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Station connections overview
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