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{{Short description|Commuter rail and busway station in Los Angeles, California}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Cal State L.A.
| style              = Metrolink (California)
| image              = CSULA WB busway platform, March 2025.jpg
| image_caption      = Cal State LA westbound busway platform
| address            = 5150 State University Drive
| borough            = [[Los Angeles]], California
| coordinates        = {{coord|34.0625|-118.1702|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| line               = [[Metrolink (California)|SCRRA]] San Gabriel Subdivision<ref name=schematics>{{CA rail schematics|page=19}}</ref>
| owned              = [[Caltrans]] and California State University, Los Angeles Consortium
| operator           = [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]
| platform           = {{Unbulleted list
   | 2 side platforms (Busway)
   | 1 [[side platform]] (Metrolink)
   }}
| tracks             = 1
| connections        = See [[#Connections|connections section]]
| bicycle            = [[Bicycle parking rack|Racks]]
| accessible         = Yes
| opened             = {{Unbulleted list
   | {{Start date|1975|02|18}} (Busway)
   | {{Start date|1994|10|26}} (Metrolink)
   }}
| pass_year          = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}
| passengers         = {{LAMetro Ridership|Cal State LA|no}} ({{abbr|avg. wkdy|average weekday}} boardings, J Line){{LAMetro Ridership|citation}}
| services           = {{Adjacent stations
  |system1=Metrolink (California)
    |line1=San Bernardino|left1=L.A. Union Station|right1=El Monte
  |system2=Los Angeles Metro Busway
    |line2=J|left2=LA General Medical Center|right2=El Monte
  }}
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-zoom      = 14
}}

'''Cal State LA station''' (officially '''Cal State Los Angeles station''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.net/board/Items/2010/07_July/20100712EMACItem9.pdf|title=Rail Station Naming|publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|date=July 15, 2010|accessdate=May 24, 2012}}</ref> is a [[commuter rail]] and [[Bus rapid transit|busway]] station located on the [[El Monte Busway]]. The station is located between [[Interstate 10 in California|Interstate 10]] and its namesake, the campus of [[California State University, Los Angeles]]. It is located in the [[El Sereno, Los Angeles|El Sereno]] neighborhood of the [[City of Los Angeles]] and [[Eastside Los Angeles|Eastside]] region, in southern [[California]]. The busway portion of the station opened on February 18, 1975,<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 29, 2011 |title=February 18: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History |url=https://metroprimaryresources.info/this-date-in-los-angeles-transportation-history/february/february-18/ |access-date=November 30, 2020 |website=Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Metrolink platform was added on October 26, 1994.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cal State L.A. station opens on S.B. rail line |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33595214/cal_state_la_station_opens_on_sb/|newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=October 27, 1994|page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = July 6, 2019 }}</ref>

Just west of this station, the westbound busway lanes cross over the eastbound lanes, reversing the normal placement of the lanes. They remain reversed until the western terminus of the El Monte Busway at Union Station. The reversed lanes allow buses to serve by a single [[island platform]] station at the [[LAC+USC Medical Center|Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center]] but prevent vehicles from entering the busway from the general-purpose lanes of Interstate 10 in the eastbound direction.<ref name="Hillmer & Parry 1994">{{Cite report |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/presentations/1994_el_monte_busway_20_year.pdf |title=The El Monte Busway: A Twenty-Year Retrospective |last=Hillmer |first=Jon |last2=Parry |first2=Stephen T. |date=June 5, 1994 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=2020-11-30 |via=Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive}}</ref>

Just east of this station, the busway and train tracks move off the separate right of way and move into the median of Interstate 10.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1975 |title=From Dream to Reality El Monte-Los Angeles Busway |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/scrtd/1975-from-dream-to-reality-el-monte-los-angeles-busway.pdf |access-date=November 30, 2020 |publisher=Southern California Rapid Transit District |via=Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive}}</ref>

== Service ==
The station is served by the [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] [[San Bernardino Line]] [[commuter rail]] line and two [[bus rapid transit]] routes: the [[J Line (Los Angeles Metro)|J Line]], operated by Metro and the [[Silver Streak (bus)|Silver Streak]], operated by [[Foothill Transit]].

{{LA Metrolink hours and frequency|SB}}

{{LA Metro hours and frequency|J}}

Silver Streak buses run 24 hours a day between the Montclair Transit Center, El Monte Station, and Downtown Los Angeles. On weekdays, buses operate every 15 minutes most of the day, every 30 minutes during evenings and every hour overnight.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 14, 2021|title=Silver Streak Timetable|url=http://foothilltransit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/silver-streak1.pdf|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=[[Foothill Transit]]}}</ref>

The busway station is also served by [[Los Angeles Metro Bus]] express routes {{LA Metro route|487}} and {{LA Metro route|489}} along with Foothill Transit routes {{Foothill Transit route|490}}, {{Foothill Transit route|493}}, {{Foothill Transit route|495}}, {{Foothill Transit route|498}}, {{Foothill Transit route|499}} and {{Foothill Transit route|699}}. Metro's Express 487 route operates all-day, seven days a week; the rest only run during weekday peak periods.<ref name="J Line Connections">{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2024 |title=J Line Timetable – Connections section |url=https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12183252/910_TT-_12-15-24.pdf |access-date=January 20, 2025 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=2}}</ref>

== Local bus connections{{anchor|Connections}} ==
Cal State LA station is also served by several bus routes that use bus stops near the station on surface streets:<ref name="J Line Connections" />
* [[Alhambra Community Transit]]: Blue
* [[City of Commerce Transit]]: 200
* [[Los Angeles County Department of Public Works#Transportation|Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court Shuttle]]
* [[El Sol (bus line)|El Sol]]: City Terrace/ELAC
* [[Los Angeles Metro Bus]]: {{LA Metro route|106}}, {{LA Metro route|258}}, {{LA Metro route|665}}
* [[Montebello Bus Lines]]: [[Montebello Bus Lines#10|10]]
* [[Monterey Park Spirit Bus]]: [[Monterey Park Spirit Bus#5|5]], [[Monterey Park Spirit Bus#Link Shuttle|Link Shuttle]]

== Station layout ==
Cal State LA station has a unique multi-level design. The street-level facilities are on the south end of the Cal State LA campus and include ticket vending machines and bus plaza. The westbound busway platform is one level below the street level. On the lowest level, the train platform is located directly under the westbound busway platform and the eastbound busway platform is reached from a bridge across both lanes of the busway.

The Metrolink platform at Cal State LA station is only {{Convert|258|feet}} long, about half the length of the typical Metrolink platform,<ref name=schematics /> so not all train doors open when serving this station.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:CSULA Metro Silver Line Station- 2.JPG|Eastbound platform.
File:CSULA Metro Silver Line Station- 1.JPG|Bridge to the eastbound platform.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist|26em}}

== External links ==
{{Metrolink web|cal-state-la|Cal State LA}}

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